Stephenson 2-18, with a Volume 10 bln Times that of the Sun

Until a short time ago it was UY Scuti that used to be considered the largest star known to mankind for a long while. Located 9,500 light years away from the Sun, the star is so staggeringly enormous that it would cover areas beyond Jupiter’s orbit were it placed in the centre of the Solar System. Its radius may reach 1,900 those of the Sun and its volume may be over 5 bln times that of the Sun. But recently it was beaten by Stephenson 2-18 which is now the largest star in the parts of the universe studied by us.

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[kennethwilkinson]

I love watching these videos before bed, really has and continues to help with my depression.
It almost feels non existent now on the scale of things, really humbling and informative.
Hope everyone has a good night's sleep and great day tomorrow.

[jennifersaar]

Fun fact - it would take around 1000 years for a commercial airliner to circle Stephenson 2-18 just once.

[johnjohn]

Plot twist: it has already gone supernova, it's gonna take 20, 000 years for us to get the update.

[johnambro]

Informative and belittling, how truly tiny we are. Awesome light show when these star masses will go super nova, only we may not exist when they do. Excellent video !

[michal.mateja]

Just yesterday, I was looking for a good video about this Star and I thought that Kosmo should make one. There it is 24h later lol.
Just wow, I love the way you wizualize, explain and use music, thanks for your content!

[hantenguuppermoon]

I remember when VY Canis Majoris was the biggest

[Moleanimationchannel]

Imagine this star compared to the giant stars that first appeared in the universe.

[gadimargol]

Given its distance of 20, 000 light years from here, it is possible it no longer exists, and has gone through a supernova or a hypernova explosion. We'll know it only in the far future, if at all. What we see of it now, existed when the human race was hunting and gathering.

[chickey]

I want to thank this video for giving Pluto some love. It's just despicable how much discrimination and disrespect that poor little planet must have to endure every day.

[grantmccollum]

This channel deserves so many more subscribers. Fantastic content.

[FactTalkOfficial]

Anyone watching this video and the video maker... Is a genius...🔥 As you all are loving the Cosmos... 🔥

[ParaLux]

It's crazy how big this star is. Even if you could move at lightspeed it would still take you almost 9 hours to circumnavigate the star... that's just mind-boggling...

[KamelinJalka]

Graphics are insanely good 😱 why didn't I find this channel sooner? 👌 excellent video again

[vimalramachandran]

Your videos are becoming so well produced. The content you present is very interesting as well. Keep up the great work.

[dwrobotics]

Stephenson 2-18, the only thing in the known universe that is larger than this star is kosmos pronunciation of the letter ‘O’ - which is largest known pronounciation in the known universe.

[csjpokey]

I love vids like this that try to explain the size of things in space. Good luck with that. The human mind cannot comprehend these sizes at all.

[wkelly]

Nothing is large in the infinite universe.

[channelsixtysix]

As the thumbnail illustrates, the entire Sun is barely visible, whilst the curvature of Stephenson 2-18 is barely visible.

[iSubhajitMajhiSM]

Great explanation. Need more this type of short videos.