Star had mass 200 times that of the sun

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 15:35 in Astronomy & Space

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A distant star dubbed Y-155 had nearly 200 times the mass of our sun when it exploded about seven billion years ago, scientists in Indiana said.

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