The biggest star in the Milky Way is forming

Astronomers are eager to observe the image of the largest known star in the Milky Way, thanks to modern telescopes in Chile.

The ALMA telescope is providing unprecedented details about the birth of a giant star located in the core of a large cloud about 10,000 light-years from Earth.

Formation of stars according to the image of experts - (Photo: astroart.org)

The matter is being pulled into the center of the cloud of gas under the influence of gravity from the star forming, according to a report published on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

'The ability to observe impressively from ALMA allows us for the first time to really see what is happening inside that cloud,' said team leader Nicolas Peretto of Cardiff University (Wales).

Peretto expert said, astronomers always want to witness the formation and development of giant stars, and now they have satisfied.

'This is the largest star embryo ever discovered in the Milky Way,' he said, with the star expected to be at least 100 times bigger than our sun, and 1 million times brighter.

The probability of such a star appearing only in every 10,000 cases.

They are rare because of violence but also cruel, which means that they are born faster but life is short, so this is a chance to help experts have more information to understand the role of giant stars in the past. evolution of the Milky Way.