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5 Biggest Stars in the Universe
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Quoted from the book Space by Ian Braham, (2005) explained that the stars in the sky develop for more than millions of years. How they grow and how long they glow depends on their mass, i.e. the amount of matter they contain.
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KY Cygni is one of the largest stars in the universe because its size is a thousand times larger than the sun which we know as one of the largest stars and can even shine down to earth. So you can imagine how big KY Cygni is
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VY Canis Majoris became the second star that has a giant size from some sources, the size is between 1,064 to 1,173 times the radius of the sun.
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The star RW Cephei, the third super large star in the universe, is bright orange in color. RW Cephei has a size of 1,500 times the radius of the sun or about 1.85 billion km in diameter.
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WOH G64 is the next largest star, but because it is very far from Earth, its existence is very rarely exposed by humans. WOH G64 has a size of 1,540 times the radius of the sun, you can imagine how gigantic this star is.
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Finally, there is UY Scuti, which ranks the largest star in the universe ever discovered by humans. UY Scuti has a radius of 1,709 times that of the sun. For its power, UY Scuti is 100,000 times brighter than the sun. Because the distance is super far so it does not have an impact on the earth.
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