Media Summary: We're exploring the behemoth stars that defy our understanding of scale, from rare Wolf-Rayet monsters to Stars come in a wide range of sizes, but how do we calculate a star's size to determine which is the biggest? In this episode of ... This video starts from a wide field view of the Milky Way, including the prominent constellation of Scorpius (The Scopion). It zooms ...
Red Supergiants - Detailed Analysis & Overview
We're exploring the behemoth stars that defy our understanding of scale, from rare Wolf-Rayet monsters to Stars come in a wide range of sizes, but how do we calculate a star's size to determine which is the biggest? In this episode of ... This video starts from a wide field view of the Milky Way, including the prominent constellation of Scorpius (The Scopion). It zooms ... The Thorne-Zytkow object is a star within a star. It happens when a neutron star and a Betelgeuse probably isn't about to explode, but that's no reason not to get to know it.