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Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,700 km; 432,300 mi). The Sun, the orbit of Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune, compared to four stars.
8 de may. de 2023 · The biggest star in the universe (that we know of), UY Scuti is a variable hypergiant with a radius around 1,700 times larger than the radius of the sun. To put that in perspective, the volume of...
10 de ene. de 2020 · Most of the 10 largest stars lie within the Milky Way but astronomers have found some of the gargantuan celestial bodies in other galaxies, as well.
Meet the biggest and largest stars in our Universe that are hundreds of times bigger than our own Sun. These include the biggest, UY Scuti.
None of the brightest stars in the sky are among the largest stars known. The largest first-magnitude stars, the red supergiants Betelgeuse in Orion and Antares in Scorpius, have radii of 640 – 1,021 and 680 solar radii. Betelgeuse was once the largest star known, but recent estimates give it a radius of 640 solar radii, less than half of ...
A few notable large stars with masses less than 60 M ☉ are shown in the table below for the purpose of comparison, ending with the Sun, which is very close, but would otherwise be too small to be included in the list.
14 de feb. de 2024 · In the vast night sky, where countless stars vie for attention, one colossus reigns supreme as the largest star in the universe. Situated thousands of light-years from Earth, this celestial giant's sheer magnitude challenges our understanding of stellar physics.
