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To: MtnClimber
Kurzgesagt just did a very good video that explains all this in a very digestible way.

Even an object the size of our sun is beyond our comprehension. The scales described here are way beyond that. We are less than dust.

The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison

9 posted on 09/24/2020 11:45:24 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Joe Brower

Kurzgesagt just did a very good video that explains all this in a very digestible way.
Even an object the size of our sun is beyond our comprehension. The scales described here are way beyond that. We are less than dust.

I just happened to randomly watch that very video the other day. I knew some of the larger stars were larger than our own Sun (which is a sort of middling size star), but by larger, they mean some would engulf all the planets in our own solar system out to the orbit of Jupiter! As you say, the dimensions are beyond human comprehension.


14 posted on 09/24/2020 11:56:30 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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