Scientists Find Ancient Star That Was Previously Thought Impossible To Exist

We’ve all seen the solar system pictures in textbooks – the Sun, slightly larger than Jupiter. But that isn’t the right depiction of the scales: the Sun is so massive that you could fit about 1,000 Jupiters inside! Impressive as it is, our Sun isn’t the biggest star in the universe or even our galaxy. That title goes to UY Scuti, and compared to it, our star is like a tiny pebble. But there’s more.

Scientists have stumbled upon something even more mind-boggling – an enigmatic ancient star with a black hole inside. It’s an astronomical mystery that both puzzles scientists, and can potentially explain how the universe came to be what it is today.

But how is it possible for a black hole to exist inside a star? Why were these stars so gigantic? And what would happen if a black hole star wandered into the solar system?