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Posted by Odinaka on Thu 18th Jun, 2015 - tori.ng

Portugal international and Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo is now an entire galaxy as Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have named a newly-discovered galaxy CR7

Portugal international and Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo is now an entire galaxy as Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have named a newly-discovered galaxy CR7, and while that officially stands for Cosmos Redshift 7, a measure of its place in cosmic time, the astronomers added the nickname was inspired by the Real Madrid forward.

The team of scientists was led by David Sobral from the University of Lisbon, who wanted to honour Portugal international Ronaldo. According to the astronomers, CR7 is 'three times brighter than the brightest distant galaxy known up to now'. It remains to be seen if Ronaldo's great rival Lionel Messi can find a response to that.

Meanwhile back on Earth, the 30-year old Portuguese international is spending time with his son, who turned five on Thursday. He shared the above photos on his social media to celebrate his mini me!