High-Mass Stars Seen Clearly for the First Time
2,400 views · Published 7 October 2011 · 1:30 · Indexed 1 October 2026
Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2011 · Science & Technology
Stars about eight times more massive than our Sun have pumped big energy into our galaxy. But only now can astronomers see these stellar mammoths. Star cluster NGC 281 lies above the Milky Way's light, only 9200 light years away. Credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk
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