• Question: What is the largest star in the universe? Asked by Anonymous Audience

    Asked by v4a833t to Saiful, Petra, Jenny, Jawwad, Iain, Bethan on 17 Jan 2017.
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      Bethan Charles answered on 17 Jan 2017:


      There are many times more stars in our universe than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth, so it is really hard to be exactly sure of the largest star. However, one of the largest stars we know of is Canis Majoris.

      If you were travelling at the speed of light it would take you almost 4000 years to reach it and the star itself is 1500 times larger than our own sun. A passenger jet would take 1100 years to fly around it just once!

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