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Observations of a nearby star-forming region have revealed that large stars are more prevalent than predicted by models. The study found that there were many more stars at high masses, with a top-heavy initial mass function expected to generate exotic objects like black holes and neutron stars.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Big stars are more abundant than thought American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Jan 4, 2018 · first to report
- Weighing massive stars in nearby galaxy reveals excess of heavyweights University of Oxford · Jan 4, 2018
- Overabundance of massive stars in the Tarantula Nebula Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) · Jan 31, 2018