It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral in the Solomon Islands, measuring over 100 feet and visible from space.

The largest coral in the world has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible from space, is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is believed to be about 300 years old.

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the Solomon Islands.

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral:: Solomon Islands:: The mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-holder:: and is believed to be around 300 years old:: Eric Brown,

The world's largest coral has been found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and scientists say the massive organism is visible from space. The big picture: The "mega coral" near the Solomon Islands that's believed to be about 300 years old and measures 105 feet long by 111 feet wide was discovered by the National Geographic Pristine Seas team,

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and colour".

Corals are massive, living underwater ecosystems housing thousands or even millions of species of marine life. Now oceanic researchers have just discovered the largest single coral organism ever, so big you can even see it from space.