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.

Researchers have made a gargantuan discovery that’s as large as two basketball courts, visible from space, at least 300 years old and brimming with marine life: It’s the world’s largest coral, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

At 34 metres wide, the organism is made up of a network of coral polyps, tiny individual creatures. Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet earth, we find a massive coral made of nearly one billion little polyps,