Hindustan Times, ANI, Washington, Cluster of super massive stars, which are yet to be observed in our galaxy, may provide clue about how energy is transmitted in such extreme environments, a new study has suggested. Three astronomers at the University of Toronto have found the most numerous batch of young, supermassive stars yet observed in our galaxy, including several hundreds of the most massive kind --blue stars dozens of times heavier than our Sun. The light these newborn stars emit is so intense it has pushed out and heated the gas that gave them birth, carving out a glowing hollow shell about a hundred light-years across. “By studying these supermassive stars and the shell surrounding them, we hope to learn more about how energy is transmitted in such extreme environments,” said Mubdi Rahman, who led the work with his supervisors, Professors Dae-Sik Moon and Christopher Matzner. Such large nurseries of massive stars have been noticed in other galaxies, but were so far away that all stars are often blurred together on images taken by telescopes. “This time, the massive stars are right here in our galaxy, and we can even count them individually,” Rahman said. Read Full: New massive stars to stir up galaxy - Hindustan Times
