The Largest Stars in the Universes The largest known stars in the Universe. VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red hypergiant star located in the constellation Canis Major. With a size of 2600 solar radii, it is the largest known star and also one of the most luminous known. But there might just bigger stars than VY Canis Majoris such as UY Scuti (9,500 light years away from Earth), which is one of the leading candidates for being the largest known star by radius and is also one of the most luminous

Stephenson 2-18 (also known as St2-18 or Stephenson 2 DFK 1) is a red supergiant or possibly a red hypergiant star located in the constellation Scutum, approximately 19,000 light-years from Earth. It is considered one of the largest known stars in the universe. #reels #explore #memes | Explaining Everything