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supermassive star
[ soo-per-mas-iv, soo- ]
noun
- Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.
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Origin of supermassive star1
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These mysterious space objects were first thought to be signs of young, supermassive stars.
The celestial specks mark the birthplaces of many kinds of stars with a wide range of masses, rather than single supermassive stars, researchers report April 13 in the Astrophysical Journal.
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