The New Largest Star in the Universe 2024! WOH G64

[@V101SPACE]

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[@ParthPatel-d8z]

Make a vid about Quasi stars

[@wal361law2]

The more we know about universe. The more we know we don't know

[@richkavanagh2778]

Madness unimaginable possibilities, I would love to live for ever, just to get a chance at space travel .

[@Casperthegator]

​@@richkavanagh2778you'd lose your sanity eventually.

[@johnhause7150]

Its the one un solvable question. What do we NOT know...😊

[@Vinnnyyy]

Yea I know right

[@ehenningsen]

Except that we always knew that there is a lot more out there to be examined.

[@John-qd5of]

You were right to point out that the exact size of some of these huge stars can be very hard to measure. Red giant atmospheres seem to have a more diffuse edge than that of say, the Sun, or Sirius. If you look at photos of Betelgeuse, you can see redder and yellower areas, and a diffuse edge. That's right, the disc of Betelgwuse has been imaged. It is no longer merely a single point.

[@oberonpanopticon]

There’s also the fact that they’re not perfectly spherical. They’re more like big puffy clouds of nuclear inferno that gravity is just barely holding together.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

Yes, we don't have a ruler big enough to measure them! 😆

[@marcob4630]

true! @@oberonpanopticon

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

​@@Peekaboo-Kitty we should try a measuring tape, which usually are longer than rulers 😁

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor Maybe if we can line up all the Cats in a Row?

[@theonebman7581]

Petition to rename it to "WOAH" instead of just "WOH" tho? I mean, it's asking for it

[@miklgrn_]

That's a shout

[@cadmus204]

Petition to rename it to “comically large star”

[@Poodleballin]

Starry McStarface

[@_thisnameistaken]

We need someone with the initial “a” to be credited with discovering it. After all, it’s already named Westerlund-Olander-Hedin

[@DioButCursed]

@@cadmus204yes

[@douglasthompson201]

"Bettel--goose" just sounds wrong

[@Unchained_Alice]

It is wrong. Threw me so much that idk if that was even the star he meant now lol

[@Barlez.]

😂😂

[@Phosphoenol_pyruvate_CK]

😂

[@egay86292]

English English. what are they thinking? are drugs involved?

[@Rezcuz]

@@egay86292 I've never heard an English person say it like that until now, and I live there

[@Νερτυηε]

Entertaining and informative. Well put visuals, background sounds and the narration makes it really enjoyable to watch. Thanks for uploading the video, and keep them coming!

[@programmingpi314]

Ah yes, everyone's favorite star betelguz. Edit: 100 likes! Thank you guys so much!

[@ishmaelshackleford]

yup one of my favorite stars

[@sagxtar264]

Betel curse.

[@charlesgregoryeden]

Why the flip do people doing these videos decide to change the way words are pronounced. It’s like the rick and Morty episode. Parmesan- come on! Bet tell Guz - I want to slap this person

[@generaleerelativity9524]

Bitty Gizz?

[@Keyan-ny9dr]

Beatlejucies

[@alexaugustus4058]

Love your videos! Nothing is more interesting than our universe and the origins of time

[@antonnym214]

If Stephenson 2-18 engulfed Saturn, it would probably scorch Uranus very badly.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Ouch! Better get some tucks.

[@francisebbecke2727]

Uranus is a town in Missouri and it is the but of a lot of jokes, no pun intended.

[@didierlopez188]

The hypothetical quasi star engulfs uranus💀😭

[@didierlopez188]

And some of neptune

[@xstar9567]

Stephenson 2-18 isn't that big

[@cadmus204]

Back in my day Canis Majoris was all the rage

[@darkhumor39]

Stephenson 2-18 is #1.

[@crazykaletrucker]

​@@darkhumor39 🫣he means far..FAR before they discover the stephenson star..

[@Remyril]

Same back in my Day u scuti was the largest

[@NightmareRex6]

atleast it has a name?

[@jacobmccain8082]

I remember those days! VY Canis Majoris ftw!

[@hoyaguru7509]

I love how some people and robots say "Betelgeuse". I understand that it could be hard to figure out if you've never heard it said before, but you would think a video from a creator called "V101 Space" would get it right.

[@RogueStatusX]

Lmfao you can't force AI voiceovers to do correct pronunciations - they're not open ended LLM

[@astralgames5535]

Is this an AI voice over?

[@Transilvanian90]

@@astralgames5535 Yes, the voice is very lifeless.

[@smt4940]

The world 'Betelgeuse' is derived from Arabic word 'ابط الجوزا' which means 'black and white sheep's armpit' so is there a correct pronounciation for that?

[@RuanAntunes7]

And this new biggest star could still be minuscule compared to stars we haven’t discovered yet. Our universe never ceases to amaze and remind us how tiny and insignificant we are in comparison

[@Ruben27780]

Nice profile pic dad! ❤

[@scuti2]

That is true. One paper suggests stars outside our Galaxy can grow to up to 2600 solar radii!

[@charlesmyers8150]

I don't think we are tiny or insignificant. But I think that we think there are things that are tiny and insignificant. And we would be wrong.

[@oberonpanopticon]

@@scuti2It’s possible that stars in the very early/distant universe could’ve been a decent fraction of a light year in radius.

[@TMGGodLike]

Look up Kurgezgat Black hole stars. Youll sh¡t yourself.. i did.. makes my heart sink thinking that theres ultra massive stars that dwarf these bigger stars in this video. Potentially explaining how supermassive black holes got so big so fast.

[@chaos2205]

What we know is a drop of water. What we don’t know, a whole ocean.

[@Meme_Chick-787]

Universe:These tiny ants are arguing again.

[@shankarpaliwal7155]

What

[@Leyviandrileygoat]

I know 😂 (not talking about guy who said what)

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Warring over tiny bits for their resources.

[@Galaxius2117]

@@shankarpaliwal7155 We are literally ants when compared to the scale of the Universe. That's what this comment was referencing.

[@dalias12]

@@Galaxius2117probably just virus or atom sized

[@elleni-41]

Been waiting for a video... It's snowing here, 4 inches already.. perfect for a v101 video..💙💙👍👌

[@andreicheran3629]

Stephenson 2-18 took the title of the largest star known from the previous record holders, the red supergiants WOH G64 in the constellation Dorado and UY Scuti in Scutum. WOH G64 has an estimated radius between 1,540 and 1,730 solar radii, which is considerably smaller than St2-18.

[@SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer]

St2-18's radius involves pure assumption of its surroundings and a very uncertain distance.

[@StaticDaSticc]

WOH G64 has a estimated size that is between 1,540 and 2,575 solar radii. just looked it up.

[@SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer]

@@StaticDaSticc 1540 Rsol is currently the best estimate out there.

[@tGalaxyExplorer24]

ST2-18 Is 2150 solar radii!

[@SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer]

@@tGalaxyExplorer24 That estimate is highly inaccurate.

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

One thing is clear. That we live in a universe of extremes. On that note.....you and Rolo have an extremely stellar weekend. 🇺🇸❤🇬🇧

[@EmilyXiong1999]

Thank you for not being a robot voice.

[@Fromatic]

@@EmilyXiong1999 if you're talking about the video, it is a robot voice. Edit: just a more natural sounding one than many others

[@EmilyXiong1999]

@@Fromatic Wow. It sounds much better than some human narrators. Some of those have speaking patterns that make me want to plug my ears.

[@Fromatic]

@@EmilyXiong1999 yes, even though I can tell, I was still able to watch the video, the others I have to switch off immediately as they just grate on your ears

[@RogerSmith-p6n]

Their voice puts my teeth on edge and i have false teeth!!

[@Sickzero]

I love these vids. A few years ago, I saw a video saying the largest star (volume, I think) was VY Canis Majoris. One specific fact stuck: if you take an airliner to fly around its equator, it would take 1100 years!

[@rumbuzz1]

I love your videos, especially about star comparisons. Awesome !

[@talkingmudcrab718]

A lot of these hypergiants are so "puffy" and diffuse they are almost more like overdense nebulae than they are typical stars.

[@stephensmith7293]

One of them was rotating so rapidly, it became an irregular shaped blob. The shape of it fluctuated. If it rotated just ten percent faster, it's gravity wouldn't keep it intact. It would fly apart. Thinking the same thing about it. Would it still be a star, or more like a dense nebula ?

[@seansimms6693]

As long as fusion is going on, no matter how light it is, it’s still a star.

[@johnnycincocero]

Warm quilt... ✔️ Soft pillow... ✔️ English bloke narrating space video... ✔️ Time to sleep.

[@stevewhalen6973]

Thanks!

[@moogfooger]

thanks for the reality check on information we see about star size. cheers

[@TheLastStarfighter77]

Another exceptional video, Rob! It's absolutely mind-boggling how massive these stars can reach in size, and what's more incredible is that bigger ones are being discovered after what is thought to be impossible 🤯

[@GT_Void]

Don't be boggled. They aren't massive, they aren't that far, and they are luminaries. NASA feeds you sheeple food, don't eat it and learn to think for yourself.

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Excellent Video, as always, Thanks Rob & Crew @ V-101 Space. 👍

[@Arno_vanZyl]

Fascinating! Our tools are getting better and so does our understanding.

[@SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer]

It has been considered among the scientific community to be the largest since 2009, alongside VY Canis Majoris.

[@treeofnoreturn3238]

Definitely one of my favorite channels on YT for the last couple of years!

[@parazels83]

I'm always surprised, how stable our Earth is, considering how tiny it compared to the other objects in the universe.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

no shit, really?

[@ashleyobrien4937]

oh that is just an illusion buddy ! you must understand that your lifetime, indeed the lifetime of human history, is not even the blink of an eye in the Earth's history, the Earth is absolutely evolving, it's just that we aren't around long enough to see it. Go watch Melody Sheep's video on the evolution of the universe, where the speed of time doubles every 5 seconds, then you'll see what's in store for earth...

[@ohasis8331]

Relatively speaking

[@AC3handle]

oh well NOW you've done it.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Intelligent design bro.

[@dragoda]

Hello Rob, thank you for the content. You got my like and subscribed for not having ads. Well done!

[@dukevandine5080]

Love your videos. Thanks

[@Rockwolf50]

The human mind is incapable of comprehending the sheer scale of the universe. And while it is awesome to speculate we will never be able to comprehend these sizes. And yet we still continue to war and fight each other over the manager resources of an incomprehensibly small speck of dust. It is nothing short of the greatest miracle ever that we have managed to make it as long as we actually have.

[@oberonpanopticon]

It’s more of a testament to how stupendously hard it’d be for us to completely wipe ourselves out

[@aexetanius]

@@oberonpanopticon Well, leave it to some dictators to take 'stupendously hard' as a challenge rather than a deterrent. They're out here treating global annihilation like it's the latest trending challenge on social media.

[@LibtardLunacy]

And yet here is a video that you watched on your phone, detailing EXACTLY that ... the scale of the known universe ... check yourself homie

[@alvinbanks]

And ignorant persons on the old Lost In Space show were always saying that they wanted to rule or conquer the universe.

[@TheRideBo]

The scale we are talking about is really astonishing. It always surprises me.

[@lilybertine5673]

Ooh i really like your voice. Another channel subscribed.

[@jajupa78]

100 to 400 billion stars in our own galaxy? That's a 75% discrepancy. Someone get on this asap...

[@NightmareRex6]

english bible saying "the world" and hebrew bible saying "the cosmos" is a 99.99% discrepency...... but when try to learn hebrew from ppl they say dont worry its the same ITS NOT!

[@w0nd3r6]

100B stars in just the milky way and then when you think how many galaxies there are out there and then when you think that the universe that we know is 93B light years across.

[@alvinbanks]

@@w0nd3r6 94B

[@SpaceStallionX]

Wow! that is a wonderful information. Thanks for the upload.

[@zmbdog]

I really don't understand how there can be a limit to the size of a star. Say that 1500x the volume of our sun is a correct limit. Well, what happens if that star merges with another star? Wouldn't that result in a larger star?

[@RazorbackPT]

Too much mass and it colapses into a blackhole. So I'm not sure what the answer is but there's a limit.

[@beethovenstrance5042]

Well, there has to be some kind of limit to a star's growth. Otherwise, it would be possible for a star to become the size of the largest black hole and that isn't possible. Stars can only get so big before they either go supernova, become a black hole, turn into a neutron star, etc.

[@zmbdog]

@@RazorbackPT Is that why every galaxy has a massive black hole in the center? It was an instant black hole and the star systems around it are from the remaining matter?

[@abhirupkundu2778]

if the QUASI star theories are correct, then yes, what you said isn't wrong .@@zmbdog

[@oberonpanopticon]

Well, when it comes to mass, the limit is around 150 solar masses because of pressure. The more massive a star is, the more pressure there is in its core. The more pressure in the core of a star, the faster it fuses fuel. The faster it fuses fuel, the more energy it outputs. At a point, it’s outputting so much energy that it ends up blasting away any nearby matter that could’ve made it bigger. The upper limits on radius are less well understood, but are probably related.

[@TheGlass50]

Extremely well done and very informative. Thank you so much, sir. I liked and subscribed.

[@jouk3338]

Creative as usual 👍❤

[@andrewanderson3572]

We haven't even scratched the surface and never will.

[@davidj.leavitt7176]

It’s not even there any longer. We can only see the light that has traveled gazillion light years to us.

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

Crazy huge stars and space objects in general, never boring.

[@1SeanBond]

A excelent video! Much apprecated Rob Cheers from Canada!

[@MetroTitanD78]

Another great video as always Rob

[@ExecutiveCryo]

Stevenson 2-18 Wow 5:07 at the speed of light it would take 9 hours to complete one loop as compared to around the sun which 14.5 seconds.

[@MiamiFan-u9j]

I've never heard of the star, Bettle Gurse @4:35, but I have heard of Antares. I'm surprised it wasn't pronounced "And Tears".

[@oberonpanopticon]

BETTLE GURSE PRFF

[@rcmedia9516]

I farted today.

[@sargepent9815]

BAT 99-98 is at nearly the currently understood "maximum" mass for a star since any more mass would be blown away due intense solar wind. The only stars more massive are the theoretical "black hole stars"

[@oberonpanopticon]

There’s also some accreting object (I forget the name, sadly) with something like 1000 solar masses. But by the time it becomes a proper star most of that will be blasted away.

[@rivenoak]

black holes start very small; the lower limit is ~3 solar masses and that mass is very dense at that moment.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Thank you ROB for keeping us all informed about our universe. YOU THE MAN. WHAT IS KNOWN IS THAT i AM CERTAIN IS THE CHANGE IN STAR SIZES. THE UNIVERSE IS JUST GRAND !!!

[@mintysingularity]

4:34 'Bettal guzz', really? Should we take you seriously?

[@dennisagbayani3327]

Exactly!😂 Betel-NUT, most likely👎

[@jeremyhares979]

It’s probably an AI talking !

[@mintysingularity]

@@jeremyhares979 It is not, and beside the point.

[@Tlee521]

Beetel juice​@@mintysingularity

[@hermandegroot1946]

Exellent video. I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@synergy021]

That "hhhaaacchee" - H lol, really got me.

[@charles401]

Hache🤪. I turned off

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Always enjoy your vids ❤

[@sussekind9717]

I hope I live long enough to see a hyper giant, go hypernova (visible from the northern hemisphere). What a spectacular sight that will be, whenever it does happen.

[@oberonpanopticon]

I mean, Betelgeuse MIGHT go off within this century if we’re incredibly lucky and it’s in its carbon burning stage.

[@sillyworm]

​@@oberonpanopticonhurry up then..I only have 20 years

[@johnwalker3620]

Simply amazing! Thanks for the video!

[@steverobertson1729]

Its so mind blowing when they show size comparisons of these massive stars next to our sun. And our sun, which itself is insanely HUGE, is absolutely DWARFED by it. I literally cant imagine an object being that big. Making our sun look like a grape, thats just insane. This is why when people say we're alone in the universe, I just stare at them dumbfounded. People just do NOT ever think about the sheer size of the universe. Its literally IMPOSSIBLE that we are the only life in it. Thats like an ant declaring ants are the only life on Earth. And the ant isnt even aware of Earth being any bigger than a street corner.

[@MisterG2323]

We're not the only life, but distance and time renders us effectively alone all the same.

[@TMGGodLike]

Look up Kugezgat - black hole stars. If you rhink these stars are big. There are potentially stars that dwarf these super massive

[@davemuckeye1516]

Scientists won’t find proof of extraterrestrial life in anyones lifetime…

[@nigeldawkins]

Brilliant as usual, thank you!

[@tgmtf5963]

UY Scuti will always be in my heart

[@Lucysquishmallowss]

Definitely agreed

[@fixxa6455]

Title: we have a new largest star Video: this is what a star is made of

[@NigelRudyard]

Amazing to think about the time it would take at light speed to circumnavigate these stellar giants! Fantastic video -- as you say they'll probably turn JWST on another point of light and discover an even bigger monster star before too long.

[@deltalima6703]

Cannot turn at c (lightspeed), you have to go straight, so circumnavigating a star is impossible.

[@NigelRudyard]

Yep, it's a hypothetical circumnavigation anyway, as stated in the video.

[@VECTOYETMOSTAPAH]

BANTASATIC AND TRANTASTIC

[@Test-nr3cd]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Dalisu87]

I told myself if this is one of those ai voice overs I’m skipping

[@jtischCB]

Glad someone else feels this way!

[@rickrappard2455]

Well, AI does have a problem with pronouncing the letter H.

[@patrickdaly2121]

The guess work is amazing.

[@fexakrampus]

you pronounced Betelgeuse wrong

[@Tsz2g4f]

Everyone calls it Behtuhlgurs

[@thomashemeon2069]

Somehow I think Rob is not real but actually AI, which is famous for mispronouncing words…

[@Warpman608]

It's AI

[@Mrgolden1174]

He butchered it

[@sniperbob1992]

He has to, especially if he says it three times by accident...

[@Bailee-le2uu]

your videos help bridge the gap between confusion and understanding!

[@heroknaderi]

I enjoyed it 👍😎 this is so interesting

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

WOH: I'm the top Dawg now 😈 Stephenson: No way 😢 UY Scuti: First time? VY Canis Majoris: 💀

[@HeyItzGray]

It's false. Because the WOH G64 I googled its diameter, saying 2111000000 kilometers, while Stephenson 2-18 is 2999700000 kilometers. So Stephenson 2-18 is actually the largest star in the universe.

[@witherkilleryeh]

did he just call it "bettelgurse"

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

Since most Red Super-giants aren't spherical and are more like amorphous blobs of hot gas with ever changing shape (just compare multiple images if Betelgeuse take on the past few years for an easy to see example) even estimated the radius may be irrelevant. What is the radius of a constantly changing blob? These stars are also typically variable, meaning they expand and shrink repeatedly over the coarse of maybe years, so even their volumes may actually change between measurements.

[@oberonpanopticon]

Usually the sizes of the largest stars are just their average radiuses.

[@_thisnameistaken]

this is is still quantifiable as average of R over time.

[@MunkisManimal]

i think you mean bettilgurze

[@countschad]

What is "bettlegus?"

[@dalemoore435]

A star that is currently (to us) exploding.

[@Peter-cn4hm]

Bettlegus is a very unstable star that may become a supernova at any time.

[@countschad]

@@dalemoore435 Perhaps Betelguese is....

[@EnigmaticUlf]

Nevwr heard of this channel. Seen it by accident. Definetly goin to be here a while

[@d4mdcykey]

_"It is estimated that if all the material in the Taurus Cloud was collected it would be enough to make our entire solar system nine times over."_ That is one of those well-crafted sentences that immediately and successfully puts a very complex and astounding scenario into clear focus and understanding. Stellar, professional work as always, sir.

[@blackreign673]

further proof of how insignificant we are

[@oberonpanopticon]

So, 9.01 solar masses.. honestly doesn’t seem like all that much as far as space goes.

[@_thisnameistaken]

Compare that to η Carinae, which ejected 30 solar masses back in 1848.

[@Djjoeyd1167]

Well what I love, is that the James Webb telescope has done the opposite of what scientist thought it would do..& that is prove their theories… it’s actually blow their theories apart! 😂😂 And until a higher being(Yes we are not alone, ridiculous to think that we are, and arrogant) tells us exactly what’s going on with the universe, we will never know 100%! Great video! You have a new subscriber ❤

[@oberonpanopticon]

If there were “higher beings” anywhere within a billion lightyears of us, we would notice.

[@laurapolania7818]

ITS NOT BEKKELGOOSE AND NOT ANTERS ITS BEETLEGUSSE AND ANTARES

[@kevinthayer9179]

It’s not “its” it’s “it’s”

[@ethanangel1563]

4:35 ... Behtle guhzz?

[@petersugar7726]

I watch the intro and I subscribed immediately

[@patrykyourkul3334]

A real WOH moment

[@eatanaustralopith_3379]

Superb scientific accuracy here! I commend you greatly on many levels. As we all know, most KZbin videos are total garbage. Especially the those discussing astronomy. I can find absolutely nothing here that could even be considered "questionable" science. All information here is spot on. I especially love how instead of repeating an estimation as a rock-solid scientific fact, you state the true reality of science. Few things are certain. I love you take the time to dispel myth and obsolete science. It is obvious you have done your homework and read the scientific literature when discussing the difficulty in defining the "size" of a star (which actually has no definitive edge) clearly alluding to the fact that you're referring to size in terms of the common definition of the radius of 2/3 optical depth roughly corresponding to the photosphere. Thanks for not dumbing anything down or misleading your followers with junk! Now following.

[@Lonnie91a]

The star “bettle gus” hHahaha

[@DuckDodgers69]

Thanks for the info 🖖👽

[@DukeOfVirkie]

The Sun does not rise & set every day. It stays putt. We revolve around the sun 🌞

[@rexpayne7836]

Great content and presentation. 🇦🇺 😊

[@thesalishsea2958]

Bettlegurz??!!😆😆😆

[@dennisagbayani3327]

Bettle-🤯 You MUST be kidding. 😂🤣😭

[@samuelbeckley4813]

Quite fascinating,i did enjoy the video...

[@DesertFerret7]

There is more to the universe than meets the eye. The more we know about the universe, the more we don't know about until more discovery is unlocked.

[@theoriginalkyttyn7724]

So, as amazing as this all is, I wonder how that exactly helps us sort out what's on Earth completely or how to prevent ourselves from destroying everything here before passing the point of no return.

[@imacmill]

Earth, itself, will limit the damage we can do. In about 50 years, we will be completely out of oil, and the fall-out from that will be massive, rapid and permanent reduction in human population. I'd go into detail, but doing so almost always gets my comment censored.

[@dennischristopher9952]

We can't learn about anything that doesn't mention climate change?

[@oberonpanopticon]

@@dennischristopher9952Clearly we have to dedicate 100% of resources to fixing earth. How long could it possibly take? 5, 10 years? ;)

[@Supra_Nova88]

Bettleguzz 😂

[@awaisanjum2110]

How

[@Chickies427]

Beetleguese

[@Foreverlifegaming230]

XD

[@BuggYTofficial]

The universe is huge it's just mind blowing and the more we know the more We don't know

[@davelowman3574]

Bettleguhs? Ai voice need calibration?

[@daveadams6421]

The universe is fascinating, beautiful, and damn scary. Humans don't have the mental capacity to truly appreciate the vastness of space 🌌

[@cuddlepaws4423]

My husband says that the biggest star he knows is me, his wife 🌟🌟. Even though I'm a mere 5'. I love how you give details on screen, when the images are actually real and the source of the images. It really adds to the wow factor. Totally mind-blowing stuff.

[@VINODKUMAR-ld1rs]

Thank you so much because this video amazed me 😊😊

[@Kitto0]

Last time i was updated i remember R136a1 was considered as most massive star & absolute peak limit possible for how heavy a star can be so when & from where did BAT99-98 spawned just like that 🤣 & now its heaviest of them all is blowing my mind right now.

[@Lqg7379]

And they're even in the same cluster

[@Kitto0]

@@Lqg7379 yeah i noticed it mentioned Large Magellanic Cloud & i was like yep it checks out 😝

[@_thisnameistaken]

and now we have Westerhout 49-2 at ~250 solar masses.

[@robertmolloy553]

Someday when you open your window the sun will be so big that you will be able to roast your marshmallows outside.

[@laurapolania7818]

IM SERIOUS STOP MAKING THE STARS NAMES MISSPELLED ITS NOT UB SCOOTY ITS UY SCUTI

[@ModernRealist]

😂 he said bettlegurse

[@marvin23232323ify]

Excellent narration..

[@DivineDefect]

I remember when VY Canis Majoris was the largest we knew of

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

back in my day the sun was the biggest. all the other stars are just pussies

[@NurseRekka]

I think that someone just went “WOH! Look at this Star!” And call it that.

[@robsherrard]

Betelgrrrrss 🙊🙊

[@colinbrown3170]

Are we only counting regular suns and not quasi stars or black hole stars or quark/strange stars ?

[@oberonpanopticon]

Quark/strange stars are small, not large. And those other ones are hypothetical - this is about the biggest stars we’ve actually found.

[@normenopo62X]

Quark stars are 15 km