An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of the strongest magnetic field ever found around a massive star. This image shows the open star cluster NGC 1624. The blue arrow pinpoints the star NGC 1624-2 (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg / SIMBAD) NGC 1624-2, also known as 2MASS J04403728+5027410, is an O-type star with a mass of 30 times that of the Sun. The star lies in the open star cluster NGC 1624 some 20,000...