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The largest star ever known in the universe, hundreds of times more massive than our Sun
Hidden in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nebula just outside the Milky Way, lies what may be the largest known star in the entire universe.
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The star is 20 million times brighter than the sun
International astronomers announced yesterday that they have found the heaviest star ever known by a large array of telescopes in Chile.