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October 4 2009

inky: VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star in the universe. Its size is between 1,800 and 2,100 solar radii (where 1 solar radius is equal to the current radius of the Sun, or roughly 110 times the radius of Earth). Click the image to see just how huge this is.

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VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star in the universe. Its size is between 1,800 and 2,100 solar radii (where 1 solar radius is equal to the current radius of the Sun, or roughly 110 times the radius of Earth).

Click the image to see just how huge this is.

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    If the Sun was replaced by...planets out as far as Jupiter, and maybe even Saturn, would...
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    Siamo davvero così piccoli e sperduti nell’immenso universo, che se fossimo...grado di...
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    We might as be walking on
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    That’s what she said.
  11. miss-emilie reblogged this from itsfullofstars and added:
    The next time I love someone, I’m gonna tell him that I love him THIS much. :D
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    How cool/scary is that?
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    Thx corco:cbatty:monkeytypist:rocketjumper:inky
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    This guy makes the sun look rubbish!! cbatty:
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    My mind, it is always blown by this. itsfullofstars:
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    Makes you feel rather insignificant doesn’t it?...rocketjumper:inky:
  20. bildungsroman reblogged this from monkeytypist and added:
    Wow. Now think of yourself as a minuscule blip on an even tinier blip orbiting the tiny blip that is our Sun.
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    Think of all that energy.
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    It’s things like this that make me realize how little we are.
  26. biancatriplitt reblogged this from itsfullofstars and added:
    WHAT THE FUCK! This is way too intense. Makes you think of how small we really are.
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  35. cosimo179 reblogged this from inky and added:
    Wow, that’s big..
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