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Scientists Discover Most Massive Star
• APThose behind the find say the star, called R136a1, may once have weighed as much as 320 solar masses. Astrophysicist Paul Crowther said the obese star -- twice as heavy as any previously discovered -- has already slimmed down considerably over its lifetime.http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/21/obese-outer-space-scientists-discover-massive-star-born-times-heavy-sun/