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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). [1]
8 Μαΐ 2023 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals the supercluster Westerlund 1, home of one of the largest known stars. Westerlund 1-26, a red supergiant, has a radius more than 1,500 times that of the...
UY Scuti is the largest star in the Universe observed so far. The red supergiant is 1,708 times wider than our Sun, with a radius of 1.2 billion km (738 million miles). The star can be found around 9,500 light-years away from Earth in the Scutum Constellation, around the centre of the Milky Way.
14 Φεβ 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.
10 Ιαν 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.
1 Οκτ 2022 · To date, the largest star ever discovered is a massive hypergiant star called UY Scuti, located around 5,219 light years away. UY Scuti is 1,700 times the size of the sun, and by volume, this hypergiant reveals itself to be a true behemoth.
Astrophysicist Robert F. Wing did an in-depth look on the largest stars, recognising Antares, Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, and VV Cephei A as well-accepted largest stars, while also looking at other stars known for cool temperatures and high brightness like VY Canis Majoris and NML Cygni.
