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Stars Have a Weight Limit

Posted by timothy on from the or-they-can't-wrestle dept.

Mike writes "Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made the first direct measurement within our Milky Way Galaxy, and concluded stars cannot get any larger than about 150 times the mass of our sun. The astronomers used the Hubble to probe the Arches cluster, the densest in our galaxy. This finding takes astronomers closer to understanding the complex star formation process. It also gives the strongest backing yet to the notion stars have a weight limit."

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  1. Re:Proven false by ikkonoishi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hubble = huge waste of money and resources which could be used in another space project with better results.