Moscow / 20.03.2016 20:42 / RSUTE.ru
International scientists have discovered stars, 100 times greater than the solar mass. Leading astronomers have estimated that 9 superstars not only massive, but also 30 million times brighter than the sun.
World astronomers have found a total of nine stars, monsters, each weighing more than 100 times greater than the mass of the sun. According to journalists from foreign news agencies, official representatives from NASA, this discovery was made by experts in the R136 constellation based on the information that they have received by using an orbital telescope Hubble.
«In this case we are talking about a bright example of the most massive stars, which are known to the world of science as of today “, – stated in a communique space agency.
as for the details of the opening belonging to scientists from different countries of the world, they are planning to publish in the near future specialists of the British astronomical Association – now they are preparing a monthly report
«in a tiny part of the satellite galaxy we observe about two dozen stars with a mass greater than the sun 100 times.. At the same time, 9 of them are located in an area with a diameter of only a few light-years, “-soobschil in an interview with BBC News Online Professor Paul Crowther of the University of Sheffield. – “But I will tell you more, two dozen stars of this type – it’s probably more than in the whole of our galaxy».
The incredible results of the study will be published soon in the «Monthly Notices of the Royal Journal Astronomical Society ». They are based on earlier studies conducted in 2010, when he first was discovered R136a1 and is by far the most massive and the brightest star that ever was found by astronomers.
In the previous study used data collected mainly by a terrestrial telescope located in Chile. The new observations, scientists carried out with the help of space telescope “Hubble”, which has a higher resolution and is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. This allowed us to obtain more details.
Let’s remind, in 2010, experts saw a 4-star monster, including R136a1 in the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. But they were able to find 5 more.
The stars were not only very heavy, but also very bright thanks to the “Hubble”. Joint brightness of the nine stars 30 million times higher than that of our Sun, said Crowther.
Researchers, of course, the question arises why this corner of space, located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, collected so gigantic cosmic bodies. According to Crowther, it was because there was a strong compression of gas and dust that while the Large Magellanic Cloud keeps flowing edge of the Milky Way
But one thing we can say for sure -. None of these stars, monsters will not remain in “live” within a few million years. The reason lies in their weight and brightness: so bright burning will not last long, because in such cases, the material will be consumed faster
«Many of the stars of the giant form pairs, and when they die, they produce black holes. which will be merged. And when there is such a process, there are gravitational waves “, – added the professor, -” With their help future generations of scientists will learn a lot about space. That which is not available today astronomer. »
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