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R136a1: Monster star too big to be true?

R136a1 could once have been 320 times as massive as the sun. That's twice as massive as scientists thought a star could be. Perhaps R136a1 is several stars close together, some say.
R136a1 is the most massive star discovered so far

R136a1, hundreds of times the mass of our sun and millions of times brighter, was spotted in a star-making nebula some 22,000 light-years away.
Massive runaway star near Tarantula Nebula races thru universe at 250,000 mph

A homeless star on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula is racing across the universe at breakneck speed

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Next week's Wisconsin recall: a test drive of themes for Election 2012

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.