A star 1300 times the size of the sun has been discovered. So, that's cool

What I find really cool is that it's part of a binary star system where:

"the second component so close that it is in contact with the main star"

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VLT Spots Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star – Mix of new and old observations reveals exotic binary system
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer has revealed the largest yellow star — and one of the ten largest stars found so far. This hypergiant has been found to measure more than 1300 times the diameter of the Sun, and to be part of a double star system, with the second component so close that it is in contact with the main star. Observations spanning over sixty years, some from amateur observers, also indicate that this rare and remarkable obje…

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