Cristiano Ronaldo shares his nickname 'CR7' with a new galaxy

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of football's brightest stars for many years - but he is now an entire galaxy.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have named a newly-discovered galaxy CR7 - and while that officially stands for Cosmos

Redshift 7, 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.