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3 Stars That Shouldn’t Exist

Based on what we think we know about the universe these stars really shouldn’t exist, but they do!

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Sources:

https://www.eso.org/public/usa/news/eso1132/
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1132/eso1132.pdf
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-first-stars-in-the-un/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17167.x/abstract
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/r136a1-new-heavyweight-champion/

Biggest monster star! And the heaviest stars


https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0653

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SDSS_J102915_172927.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_young_cluster_R136.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_the_sizes_of_a_red_dwarf,_the_Sun,_a_B-type_main_sequence_star,_and_R136a1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Composite_image_of_Supernova_1987A.jpg

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