Massive stars may merge into ‘super’ sun, say NASA

ASTRONOMERS have pinpointed two massive stars orbiting close to each other in space that could merge to create a “super” sun, 100 times bigger than our own.

The massive “binary” star system, located in a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, has been captured by NASA scientists using satellite and ground-based telescopes.

It is one of the most “extreme” systems of its type known to astronomers and is also relatively young, at less than three million years.