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

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    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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  • @Kosmo_off
    @Kosmo_off  3 года назад +177

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    • @samimapplesamimapple1108
      @samimapplesamimapple1108 3 года назад +6

      Nice

    • @SuperScottCrawford
      @SuperScottCrawford 3 года назад +2

      Well, since you asked. And ONLY because you asked.
      The graphic of Earth when describing the stars density makes it look like 90km reaches thousands of miles, er, kilometers into space.
      PS Sorry, forgot to say thank you for the content.

    • @danielcrane4847
      @danielcrane4847 3 года назад +4

      WOW that's a BIG ASS star

    • @user-uc2lc3iz4m
      @user-uc2lc3iz4m 3 года назад

      Very good, bigbang has been being cosmos.

    • @kingwindsor23
      @kingwindsor23 3 года назад +1

      keep up the good work...always watch your channel...

  • @kennethwilkinson2095
    @kennethwilkinson2095 3 года назад +358

    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.

    • @lagitamaoa9155
      @lagitamaoa9155 3 года назад +27

      Your depression is just your own cinema in your head. This is how I consider depressions. By watching theses videos more and more you will see how unimportant that cinema is. Good luck to you!

    • @kennethwilkinson2095
      @kennethwilkinson2095 3 года назад +10

      @@lagitamaoa9155 I wish you well my friend.

    • @gusy629
      @gusy629 3 года назад +3

      Same and nite nite. 😴

    • @Piaseczno1
      @Piaseczno1 3 года назад +1

      Give David Butler's videos a try. They're highly informative, less commercialized and serene.

    • @Aizen5694
      @Aizen5694 3 года назад +7

      Yes I must say. Seems like our problems are so small compared to the facts and mysteries of the universe.

  • @jennifersaar1611
    @jennifersaar1611 3 года назад +62

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

    • @mox9076
      @mox9076 3 года назад +4

      I thought it was about 500 years

    • @timothyvanhorn909
      @timothyvanhorn909 2 года назад +4

      A commercial airliner it takes a thousand years to circle Canis majoris.

    • @timothyvanhorn909
      @timothyvanhorn909 2 года назад

      Commercial airliners travel at an average speed of 500 miles an hour.

    • @jennifersaar1611
      @jennifersaar1611 2 года назад +5

      @@mox9076 A typical commercial airliner flies at @ 460 - 575 mph, while our fastest jets reach speeds of 2100 mph. So...yeah. If you’re flying United, it’s gonna take a while. 😆

    • @tinhinnh
      @tinhinnh 2 года назад +2

      does that count refueling

  • @johnjohn7549
    @johnjohn7549 2 года назад +191

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

    • @kevynhansyn2902
      @kevynhansyn2902 2 года назад +34

      we already have a Camera man there. I think he's on his coffee break.

    • @vitojohn8168
      @vitojohn8168 2 года назад

      Or already become blackhole

    • @transformrollout2343
      @transformrollout2343 2 года назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing the majority of these star's have already went supernova

    • @bruceleeroy8302
      @bruceleeroy8302 Год назад +2

      20, 000 years. I hope we’re prepared for when that happens 😂

    • @hauntedtimes8465
      @hauntedtimes8465 Год назад

      @@bruceleeroy8302 it isn't gonna effect us

  • @hantenguuppermoon4730
    @hantenguuppermoon4730 3 года назад +159

    I remember when VY Canis Majoris was the biggest

    • @rabbit0877
      @rabbit0877 3 года назад +27

      Same. It was a simpler time.

    • @jpomsa
      @jpomsa 3 года назад +1

      I love ur profile pic, nice game

    • @collecram
      @collecram 3 года назад +12

      I remember when Betelgeuse was

    • @albertogutierrez9734
      @albertogutierrez9734 3 года назад

      I agree. This star broke the mold.

    • @mox9076
      @mox9076 3 года назад +3

      I remember when Betelguese was.

  • @gadimargol8277
    @gadimargol8277 3 года назад +31

    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.

    • @dik56
      @dik56 2 года назад +1

      If that was the case scientists would already know about that. Trust me they know more than Mr and you can come up with. What we thought of, they thought of.

    • @Shabeerrasheed
      @Shabeerrasheed 2 года назад +6

      @@dik56 not true. Nothing travels faster than light and scientists cannot see beyond that.

    • @philhogan5623
      @philhogan5623 11 месяцев назад

      It could have happened thousands of years ago and we'll see it tomorrow.

  • @arcadia5607
    @arcadia5607 3 года назад +230

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

    • @danieljohnmorris
      @danieljohnmorris 3 года назад +19

      i was trying to find info on this. From what I can find pop 3 stars were hundreds of times bigger than our sun, so this star could be similar size to pop3, but different composition?

    • @sigisoltau6073
      @sigisoltau6073 3 года назад +35

      @@danieljohnmorris Firstly do you mean the diameter size or mass? In terms of mass those first stars would have had masses hundreds of times greater than the sun, possibly with up to 1,000 solar masses.
      Secondly they would have been composed of mostly hydrogen with some helium and lithium. The other heavier elements like carbon, oxygen nitrogen and others up to iron would have been formed during the lives of these stars through the fusion process. Once these stars went supernova, elements heavier than Iron like gold, silver and uranium would have been formed. The supernova would have produced enough heat, pressure and neutrons that a quick burst of fusion and production of heavier elements could happen. Over millions of years these supernova enriched the universe with these elements, allowing planets to form.
      Today stars are still composed of mostly hydrogen and helium, but they also have some of the heavier elements as well.

    • @smooblox69420
      @smooblox69420 3 года назад +10

      IMAGINE A WHITE DWARF COMPARED TO STEVENSON 2-18

    • @pingu5543
      @pingu5543 3 года назад +43

      @@smooblox69420 Imagine you compared to a White Dwarf.

    • @darrenjones9359
      @darrenjones9359 3 года назад +8

      I am imagining that right now... will get back to you.

  • @johnambro7181
    @johnambro7181 3 года назад +48

    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 !

    • @placer7412
      @placer7412 2 года назад +1

      humbling is the word you are looking for.

  • @wkelly4963
    @wkelly4963 3 года назад +80

    Nothing is large in the infinite universe.

    • @A_Ereira
      @A_Ereira 3 года назад +20

      "Nothing is large. Everything is relative".
      Ezio Auditore, circa 2021 or something I don't know.

    • @blakenorman4822
      @blakenorman4822 3 года назад +18

      I've known a few egos that could give the universe a run for its money

    • @lagitamaoa9155
      @lagitamaoa9155 3 года назад +7

      Humans ego is for sure

    • @russellwestbrookyellingatw9381
      @russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 3 года назад +2

      Not infinite

    • @wkelly4963
      @wkelly4963 3 года назад +2

      @@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 who knows?

  • @FactTalkOfficial
    @FactTalkOfficial 3 года назад +33

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

    • @FactTalkOfficial
      @FactTalkOfficial 3 года назад

      Thanks sir for heart ♥

    • @blakenorman4822
      @blakenorman4822 3 года назад +1

      I'll take it but I'm no genius wish I was, always looking up though for sure so much out there beyond our reach its dizzying, hopefully we can get to these places one day

    • @FactTalkOfficial
      @FactTalkOfficial 3 года назад +1

      @@blakenorman4822 yes we shall reach those relentlessness.. BTW are you interested in cosmic discovery?

    • @Harith5
      @Harith5 3 года назад

      That’s right, anyone who sees this video is really smart (so are you). I guess, you are a person who knows how to speak in a way that people like

  • @michal.mateja
    @michal.mateja 3 года назад +23

    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!

  • @ParaLux89
    @ParaLux89 3 года назад +16

    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...

  • @grantmccollum4499
    @grantmccollum4499 3 года назад +10

    This channel deserves so many more subscribers. Fantastic content.

  • @innertubez
    @innertubez 3 года назад +2

    Another informative and well-made video. Thanks!

  • @iSubhajitMajhiSM
    @iSubhajitMajhiSM 3 года назад +4

    Great explanation. Need more this type of short videos.

  • @vimalramachandran
    @vimalramachandran 3 года назад +14

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

  • @dr.jamesolack8504
    @dr.jamesolack8504 3 года назад +3

    Well, vids like this really get that old noodle cranked up! I love this stuff...thanks for the incredible upload! I even felt compelled to comment on a reply about "Taco Bell farts" by Babaloo Farb, one day ago. Newest subscriber and bell ringer here! + a big 👍! Hello from Columbia, Missouri, USA.

  • @dwrobotics2180
    @dwrobotics2180 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @chickey333
    @chickey333 3 года назад +9

    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.

  • @imtrex521
    @imtrex521 3 года назад +2

    some good info in here. good job!

  • @jeizache
    @jeizache 3 года назад +19

    imagine at this right time.. somewhere in the universe, a supernova happens

    • @burjalmadre
      @burjalmadre 3 года назад

      I imagined.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @fin5622
      @fin5622 2 года назад +2

      It’s literally happening right as we speak, there are more stars in the observable universe (95% of the universe) than their is grains of sand on every beach / dessert on earth.
      Edit: at least I think

    • @lloydhudson6463
      @lloydhudson6463 3 месяца назад

      Crazy to think it's happening somewhere out there and we'll never see it in our lifetime.

  • @willm678
    @willm678 2 года назад +12

    Scary thing is, there are stars out there that probably make Stephen 2-18 look tiny

    • @kaidene573
      @kaidene573 2 года назад

      to scare you even more, stars density and sizes have decreased as the number of stars have increased over the years. in ancient and early times of the universe, the sizes of stars were most likely millions of times larger than even those ones

  • @ivanscissorhands2008
    @ivanscissorhands2008 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video 💯👏🏻

  • @jimwoodford3984
    @jimwoodford3984 3 года назад +2

    Great video yet again

  • @channelsixtysix066
    @channelsixtysix066 2 года назад +1

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

  • @steevankeitaro8224
    @steevankeitaro8224 3 года назад +2

    It's always so fascinating to watch a video of "out space education"

  • @jeffleake1960
    @jeffleake1960 2 года назад +2

    the nebula that birthed the stars in the stephenson cluster must of been truly immense as i hear there,s many super giant stars within it

  • @brandonl6873
    @brandonl6873 3 года назад +5

    Nice. Love your videos.

  • @popipagkalou4755
    @popipagkalou4755 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic icons ! Congratulations to the creator of the video!

  • @nautika1
    @nautika1 3 года назад +1

    Very nice video respect 👍

  • @MrEnjoivolcom1
    @MrEnjoivolcom1 3 года назад +4

    Your videos are the absolute BEST! You & @SEA are the utter most incredible space channels not in the "mainstream" (although you deserve their same numbers)!!

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      @jesseocea209 3 года назад +1

      Checkout Cool worlds and Event horizon!

    • @jesseocea209
      @jesseocea209 3 года назад

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  • @shashivadhan2.o858
    @shashivadhan2.o858 2 года назад

    Congratulations for 500K Subs!!!

  • @PHOBOS1708
    @PHOBOS1708 3 года назад +3

    and great, qualitative content

  • @tarikbinaminrafa7541
    @tarikbinaminrafa7541 2 года назад

    a very informative channel❤️

  • @KamelinJalka
    @KamelinJalka 3 года назад +21

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

  • @Aflow35
    @Aflow35 3 года назад

    Nice. Thanks

  • @forcanadaru
    @forcanadaru 3 года назад +1

    Great video! Only, it is a big sorrow that this marvel is not observable with naked eye

  • @debras1503
    @debras1503 2 года назад

    awesome Kosmos!

  • @Orashidimaru
    @Orashidimaru 8 месяцев назад +2

    Fun fact : If Milky Way is the size of USA... then S2-18 will be the size our ONE human fingerprint.

  •  3 года назад +3

    this star is not a supergiant but an Hypergiant at this point of size

  • @buggybored
    @buggybored 2 года назад +1

    Supernovae has to be the best plural form of any word. Smug scientist: "It's actually called supernovae."

  • @maximilianraphael9853
    @maximilianraphael9853 2 года назад +1

    This is the type of stuff I love.

  • @-gerizon
    @-gerizon 3 года назад +2

    Get this man to 100k

  • @syedmuneerpasha7417
    @syedmuneerpasha7417 3 года назад +3

    Xcellent info.

  • @shivertooth9133
    @shivertooth9133 3 года назад +2

    2:47 Uranus survived. Heh.

  • @Cotten-
    @Cotten- 3 года назад +6

    OMG I didn't know there was a star bigger than UY Scuti

    • @user-nr2ku9dk9b
      @user-nr2ku9dk9b 3 года назад +5

      This star claps Scuti's cheeks

    • @data1.078
      @data1.078 3 года назад +1

      @@user-nr2ku9dk9b Poetry

    • @Cotten-
      @Cotten- 3 года назад +1

      @@user-nr2ku9dk9b I don't know what that means. I didn't play sports 🤣

    • @BM-et3vb
      @BM-et3vb 3 года назад

      R136A1 is the known massive

    • @luftwaffle3766
      @luftwaffle3766 3 года назад +2

      @@BM-et3vb mass and size are different

  • @pedrog.formaldemocrata1934
    @pedrog.formaldemocrata1934 3 года назад

    Good vídeo. Nice🎶

  • @josegerardosolisvenegas879
    @josegerardosolisvenegas879 Год назад

    MARVELOUS VIDEO !!! GREETINGS FROM MÉXICO 🇲🇽

  • @bro1500
    @bro1500 Год назад

    Information about Stephenson 2-18
    Stephenson 2-18 (abbreviated to St2-18), also known as Stephenson 2 DFK 1 or RSGC2-18, is a red supergiant (RSG) or possible extreme red hypergiant[2] (RHG) star in the constellation of Scutum. It lies near the open cluster Stephenson 2, which is located about 5.8 kiloparsecs (19,000 light-years) away from Earth in the Scutum-Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, and is assumed to be one of a group of stars at a similar distance, although some sources consider it to be an unrelated red supergiant.[5][6] It is among the largest known stars, one of the most luminous red supergiants, and one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.
    Stephenson 2-18 together with its supposed parent cluster Stephenson 2 (upper left), viewed by the Two-Micron All Sky Survey.
    Observation data
    Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
    Constellation
    Scutum
    Right ascension
    18h 39m 02.3709s[1]
    Declination
    −06° 05′ 10.5357″[1]
    Characteristics
    Evolutionary stage
    Red supergiant, possible extreme red hypergiant[2]
    Spectral type
    ~M6[3]
    Apparent magnitude (G)
    15.2631±0.0092[1]
    Apparent magnitude (J)
    7.150[4]
    Apparent magnitude (H)
    4.698[4]
    Apparent magnitude (K)
    2.9[4]
    Astrometry
    Radial velocity (Rv)
    89[5] km/s
    Proper motion (μ)
    RA: −3.045±0.511[1] mas/yr
    Dec.: −5.950±0.480[1] mas/yr
    Parallax (π)
    −0.0081 ± 0.3120 mas[1]
    Distance
    18,900[6] ly
    (5,800[6] pc)
    Details
    Radius
    2,150[7][a] R☉
    Luminosity
    436,516[7] (90,000[8]-630,000[6][b]) L☉
    Temperature
    3,200[7] K
    Other designations
    Stephenson 2-18, Stephenson 2 DFK 1, RSGC2-18, 2MASS J18390238-0605106, IRAS 18363-0607, DENIS J183902.4-060510, MSX6C G026.1044-00.0283
    Stephenson 2-18 has an estimated radius of around 2,150 solar radii (1.50×109 kilometres; 10.0 astronomical units), which would correspond to a volume nearly 10 billion times that of the Sun. Taking this estimate as correct, it would take nearly 9 hours to travel around its surface at the speed of light, compared to 14.5 seconds for the Sun.[9] If placed at the center of Earth's Solar System, its photosphere would engulf the orbit of Saturn.

  • @Robert-ug5hx
    @Robert-ug5hx 2 года назад

    Makes one really think about what else is hidden and waiting to be discovered

  • @ArtKeshav
    @ArtKeshav 3 года назад +4

    Teacher: What's the biggest thing in the universe?
    Student named Stephenson born on 18th of February: Allow me to introduce myself 💪🏻

  • @fundude53
    @fundude53 3 года назад +3

    Would make one hell of a nova when it goes boom

  • @reborn4791
    @reborn4791 3 года назад +2

    Rip uy scuti

  • @agimatproductions2304
    @agimatproductions2304 2 года назад

    maybe it's there to light up the entire space on his location waiting other planets to be discovered. hope that james scope will help us

  • @nwabuezeozuzu6370
    @nwabuezeozuzu6370 3 года назад +2

    Maybe we didn't zoom in well enough? It might be a collection of giant clouds of cosmic dust, or a group of stars.
    Then again, how accurate are our measurements observing far away celestial objects?

  • @brandonp2200
    @brandonp2200 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful 😍

  • @westernmike365
    @westernmike365 Год назад

    Love Stephenson 218! It is a star for sure!

  • @pikachu6031
    @pikachu6031 3 года назад +1

    “Mankind” That’s what we are! Incredible discovery. Shame we can’t see it in the night sky but I guess this is in the Southern Hemisphere so us up in the North are out of luck anyway!

  • @michaelmachung7233
    @michaelmachung7233 2 года назад

    I posted a comment a few years ago that they'd detect a star larger than UY Scuti and they did. Given the vastness of space, they'll always be a larger star, in my opinion. But if it were placed in our solar system, I should think its light would make Planet Nine visible since its surface would surpass Saturn's orbit.

  • @samimapplesamimapple1108
    @samimapplesamimapple1108 3 года назад +5

    nice

  • @manoj22257
    @manoj22257 3 года назад +3

    DYSON SPHERE ON STEPHENSON 2-18
    TYPE 3 CIVILIZATION ❤️😙

    • @dr.jamesolack8504
      @dr.jamesolack8504 3 года назад +1

      FYI......its sphere...not spear..........just sayin'.

  • @rupertkingsley
    @rupertkingsley 3 года назад

    Voiceover at times sounds like inspector Clouseau without the french accent 😄

  • @windwardadventurer5269
    @windwardadventurer5269 2 года назад +1

    Wouldn't doubt that there are stars out there 10 billion times the mass of Stephenson. Its a matter of time

    • @tacos1308
      @tacos1308 5 месяцев назад

      Definitely

  • @justinthyme5382
    @justinthyme5382 2 года назад +1

    JWST may give us more information.

  • @Gaurav-zz9wo
    @Gaurav-zz9wo 3 года назад

    Nice vid

  • @grumpyoldfart3891
    @grumpyoldfart3891 2 года назад

    "Largest star in the universe"? Maybe "Largest star in our Galaxy". We have several galaxies that we haven't inventoried yet.

  • @akwild83
    @akwild83 2 года назад +2

    There's always a bigger fish

  • @noodles169
    @noodles169 2 года назад +1

    We gonna need a bigger solar system 👀

  • @Matt-rn7ub
    @Matt-rn7ub 3 года назад +3

    We know Stardeaths such as a Supernova, Supernova Type A or a Hypernova.
    But a Star that big might not just collaps into a Neutron Star or a Black Hole. And can the death of that Star even be called a Super- or Hypernova? May be we have to come up with a completely new therm...
    Great Video. 😄👍

    • @SuperScottCrawford
      @SuperScottCrawford 3 года назад

      Aren't neutron stars from smaller stars?

    • @Matt-rn7ub
      @Matt-rn7ub 3 года назад

      @@SuperScottCrawford That`s what I thought too.

    • @badactor3440
      @badactor3440 3 года назад

      Super hyper mega nova

    • @badactor3440
      @badactor3440 3 года назад

      @@SuperScottCrawford our star is too small to become a neutron star, so no.

    • @Matt-rn7ub
      @Matt-rn7ub 3 года назад

      @@badactor3440 Not necessarily. It could still happen, the right conditions given, after it turned into a white dwarf. That's what you call a Supernova Type A then.

  • @robertliepe6766
    @robertliepe6766 3 года назад +1

    🤔 simply unbelievable!!!🤓🍻

  • @SuperScottCrawford
    @SuperScottCrawford 3 года назад +2

    Re: Size and relativity to c (speed of light) reminded me of something I thought of before. When looking at an image of something light years across, like a galaxy, are we seeing the shape of the galaxy as it truly is? Say it's 200k ly across and we're seeing it more from the edge from our perspective. If the light from the nearest edge is 200,000 light years closer to us, wouldn't the light from the furthest edge be 200,000 years old, thus not actually appear the way it seems?

    • @m101ist
      @m101ist 3 года назад

      Well as the the universe at this precise moment looks a lot different to what we observed now. A galaxy billions of light years away would be in a different positions at this precise moment to what we observed from earth at this moment. We are observing the past the further we observe. 😲

    • @SuperScottCrawford
      @SuperScottCrawford 3 года назад

      @@m101ist Thank you for the refresher.
      Okay, instead of _billions_ , how about millions? Like 2.5? Andromeda... right next door. It's at an angle. It's 220,000 ly across. The stars that are further away, say 100,000 ly, the light from those stars took 100,000 years more to reach us than the front stars. So doesn't it stand to reason that those stars that are farther, need to be re-positioned in order to give an accurate image relative to the closer stars? Do you understand what I'm asking?

    • @milutzuk
      @milutzuk 3 года назад

      @@SuperScottCrawford Yep, it needs a repositioning but not...much. For Sun the galactic year, the time to make a complete circle around the galactic center is... 225 to 250 million terrestrial years. The gravitational effects also propagate with the speed of light, but the gravity well of the galaxy as a whole is already there for the individual stars to follow. So the (relative) stellar speeds are of no consequence on the bigger scale, the shape doesn't change too much if you observe a big, but slow rotating object and you want to compare with a snapshot at a certain "galactic Greenwich time".

    • @drawingtime2589
      @drawingtime2589 3 года назад +1

      Dude I was thinking the SAME thing yesterday! Like are they really spiral? Or a perfect grid that appears twisted due to the dilation of time and space

    • @badactor3440
      @badactor3440 3 года назад

      200K years is not even close to being long enough for a galaxy to change in appearance

  • @liberty-matrix
    @liberty-matrix 2 года назад +1

    Very cleaver young man. But it's turtles I tell you, turtles all the way down!

  • @bujfvjg7222
    @bujfvjg7222 3 года назад

    Your voiceover would fit in nicely in Schitt's Creek! A male version of Moira!

  • @mikioni
    @mikioni 3 года назад

    incomprehensible

  • @taatham8058
    @taatham8058 2 года назад +2

    I cannot take this guys accent serious it’s too difficult, I’m British and I’ve never heard this extreme posh accent before 😂 This guy is definitely from the 1800s because not a single British person sounds like this anymore.

  • @joealphons5772
    @joealphons5772 Месяц назад

    A real Steve Wander :-)

  • @Larrythebassman
    @Larrythebassman 3 года назад

    Interesting question I’m thinking about us what type of life form could survive inside of that system fascinating some type of extremophile no doubt

  • @khaled00962
    @khaled00962 2 года назад +2

    Just let your thoughts go out for a minute, they are comparing this star with our sun, Our sun has 99.6% of the total mass in our solar system, almost 1 million time bigger then earth, and this star make our sun look like mercury to our sun, JUST WOW.

  • @tsaralexanderiii1630
    @tsaralexanderiii1630 2 года назад +2

    I’m almost 100% that you can fit at least 4 humans in that star

  • @nmerrill
    @nmerrill 2 года назад

    I will never understand why every human being doesn't take an interest in space and it's amazing and incomprehensible contents, size and mysteries.

  • @didyouknowamazingfacts2790
    @didyouknowamazingfacts2790 2 года назад +1

    Just Imagine if we lived on a Planet the size of Stephenson 2-18 and how many people would live on that planet?

  • @tupaicindjeke275
    @tupaicindjeke275 2 года назад

    Kosmo, 'good in outer space.' the day you make better videos than SEA, that's the day you will be first.

  • @stardustlight8630
    @stardustlight8630 3 года назад +1

    Imagine the supernova of that star lol

  • @pfslik
    @pfslik 2 года назад

    I know I'm ignorant regarding astronomy/ astro physics , yet it fascinates me. I understand there's a lot of math and math is hard but part of me believes in what i read and see from these scientists but also, part of me can't help but thinking that alot of it is conjecture. I mean, really, how do they know for sure, I mean really for sure, that a certain star's core is rotating? Just one tiny example/ question that floats through my mind as I'm tryin to fall asleep. lol

  • @EvilWhiteMale63
    @EvilWhiteMale63 2 года назад

    Incredible.

  • @michaelrenouf9173
    @michaelrenouf9173 3 года назад

    This star may have already gone supernova

  • @s.j.l.8736
    @s.j.l.8736 3 года назад

    I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing when it goes bang.

  • @lukep.5957
    @lukep.5957 2 года назад

    This star is only 20,000 LY away from us....UY scuti is less than 10k LY...imagine if we had eyes on the entire universe...there is a gargantuan star out there that is unseen for us..for now

  • @mrbigglesworth4619
    @mrbigglesworth4619 3 года назад +3

    My last names Stephenson. Awesome!

  • @cryptomood8162
    @cryptomood8162 2 года назад

    This one is a behemoth...there is big possibility that if the star is more than 30 solar masses, it could catastrophically collapse into a black hole accompanied by a GRB esoecially if angular rotation is high

  • @fattymcbastard6536
    @fattymcbastard6536 3 года назад +2

    So to illustrate a size comparison of our sun and Stephenson 2-18 using a high definition computer monitor, if the sun is represented by just one pixel, there would only be enough room on the monitor to represent just under HALF of Stephenson 2-18.

  • @WGOWeekdayGamersOfficial
    @WGOWeekdayGamersOfficial 2 года назад

    I bet there's even bigger stars out there bigger then stephenson 2-18 this is what's greatest about astronomy and its discoveries

  • @schuey999
    @schuey999 2 года назад

    I's funny that when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

  • @nzcyclone
    @nzcyclone 2 года назад

    In relation to space and time we are but pinpricks. One thing which have always wondered. Is there an absolute limit to size? Is there a size which theoretically once reached it could not exist in present form?. As the saying goes as soon as you say something is the largest. Nature will find a way to show you one larger still... But it does make you wonder.... originally was it a system similar to our own?.... is it just a giant version or our own system and is showing us on a grander scale what will happen here. Being that large For all we know it could have "swallowed" up lots of planets as it expanded. To get that large would we have a rough idea of whats its original size would have been? A great video thank you for sharing with us all :)

  • @zeroscar3337
    @zeroscar3337 3 года назад +1

    Recommendations- try not use very dramatic background music...

  • @johnstephenson7620
    @johnstephenson7620 2 года назад

    I had to watch this John Stephenson

  • @taunteratwill1787
    @taunteratwill1787 Год назад

    The size of Stephenson 2-18 is now adjusted to probably a Diameter of: 3,003,000,000 km. 😎

  • @donzellallen3394
    @donzellallen3394 3 года назад +1

    Just think. It would take you 8 1/2 hours to circle it going 670,000,000 miles per hour. That’s a big boy.

  • @oscarolvera679
    @oscarolvera679 2 года назад

    Astonishing big

  • @TheDougiemcc
    @TheDougiemcc 3 года назад +3

    If this star is so big then time on one side of the star compared to the other must be out of phase, so if the star collapses on one side the other side wouldn’t be affected. Would the time lag stabilise the collapse?

    • @ChikaNeca
      @ChikaNeca 2 года назад

      Time is illusion, star doesn't exp time

    • @ChikaNeca
      @ChikaNeca 2 года назад +1

      Great question tho