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R136a1 is the most massive star that astronomers have ever discovered. It's so massive you might think the laws of physics wouldn't allow it. But it turns out that its current mass estimate is actually so low that it threatens our understanding of how the universe got to be where it is, today!
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Sources:
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/52364/1/1992AJ____104_1721C.pdf
thecrimson.com/article/1981/2/25/a-star-is-born-r136a-makes
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2220/#:~:text=The%20new%20Zorro%20observations%2C%20however,the%20most%20massive%20known%20star.
britannica.com/science/angular-resolution
https://mavdisk.mnsu.edu/wp5884kt/courses/a125/telescopebasics.pdf
britannica.com/science/Eddington-mass-limit
academic.oup.com/mnras/article/408/2/731/1024495
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Carr/carr.html#:~:text=The%20term%20%60%60Population%20III,dark%20matter%20in%20galactic%20halos space.com/strontium-heavy-element-formed-neutron-star-merger.html
space.com/41313-most-massive-star.html
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_young_cluster_R136.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noirlab2220a_Sharpest_Image_Ever_of_R136a1,_Largest_Known_Star.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star_Cluster_R136_-_Hubble.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/video/mauna-kea-observatories-stock-footage/852432368?phrase=telescope%20mauna
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/1990/09/6-Image.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_star-forming_region_R136_in_NGC_2070_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_the_sizes_of_a_red_dwarf,_the_Sun,_a_B-type_main_sequence_star,_and_R136a1.jpg
eso.org/public/images/eso1030c
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EtaCarinae.jpg
nasa.gov/image-feature/sun-rings-in-new-month-with-strong-flare
nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/fuse_fossil_galaxies.html
gettyimages.com/detail/video/meteor-shower-shooting-across-the-milky-way-stock-footage/1331444841?phrase=stars
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R136a1.jpg
https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/sn2006gy/more.html
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/the-soul-nebula-in-the-constellation-of-cassiopeia-royalty-free-image/1339147005?phrase=space
eso.org/public/france/images/tarantula/?lang
phys.org/news/2022-08-astronomers-images-r136-massive-star.html
gettyimages.com/detail/video/flying-into-deep-space-to-the-tarantula-nebula-also-stock-footage/1329213424?phrase=tarantula%20nebula
R136a1 is the most massive star that astronomers have ever discovered. It's so massive you might think the laws of physics wouldn't allow it. But it turns out that its current mass estimate is actually so low that it threatens our understanding of how the universe got to be where it is, today!
Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him)
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss!
Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShow
Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow
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Sources:
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/52364/1/1992AJ____104_1721C.pdf
thecrimson.com/article/1981/2/25/a-star-is-born-r136a-makes
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2220/#:~:text=The%20new%20Zorro%20observations%2C%20however,the%20most%20massive%20known%20star.
britannica.com/science/angular-resolution
https://mavdisk.mnsu.edu/wp5884kt/courses/a125/telescopebasics.pdf
britannica.com/science/Eddington-mass-limit
academic.oup.com/mnras/article/408/2/731/1024495
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Carr/carr.html#:~:text=The%20term%20%60%60Population%20III,dark%20matter%20in%20galactic%20halos space.com/strontium-heavy-element-formed-neutron-star-merger.html
space.com/41313-most-massive-star.html
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_young_cluster_R136.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noirlab2220a_Sharpest_Image_Ever_of_R136a1,_Largest_Known_Star.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star_Cluster_R136_-_Hubble.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/video/mauna-kea-observatories-stock-footage/852432368?phrase=telescope%20mauna
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/1990/09/6-Image.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_star-forming_region_R136_in_NGC_2070_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_the_sizes_of_a_red_dwarf,_the_Sun,_a_B-type_main_sequence_star,_and_R136a1.jpg
eso.org/public/images/eso1030c
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EtaCarinae.jpg
nasa.gov/image-feature/sun-rings-in-new-month-with-strong-flare
nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/fuse_fossil_galaxies.html
gettyimages.com/detail/video/meteor-shower-shooting-across-the-milky-way-stock-footage/1331444841?phrase=stars
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R136a1.jpg
https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/sn2006gy/more.html
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/the-soul-nebula-in-the-constellation-of-cassiopeia-royalty-free-image/1339147005?phrase=space
eso.org/public/france/images/tarantula/?lang
phys.org/news/2022-08-astronomers-images-r136-massive-star.html
gettyimages.com/detail/video/flying-into-deep-space-to-the-tarantula-nebula-also-stock-footage/1329213424?phrase=tarantula%20nebula
