UY Scuti holds the prestigious title of the largest known star ... clarity and depth in observing distant stars. (The James Webb Space Telescope is now the latest and greatest in this field.) ...
The chief researcher and professor in the Sheffield team, Paul Crowther, told ‘Astronomy Now’: “Because ... Among the largest known stars previously known were the Pistol Star, between ...
The stars were magnified by a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing ... group of stars imaged so far outside our galaxy. Until now, the largest groups seen contained just seven stars.