This Star Could Swallow Our Solar System #astronomy #nasa #spacefacts

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]There is a star in our [music] universe, so large it could swallow our entire solar system. Its name is UY Scuti.

[00:00:10]A red supergiant located thousands of [music] light-years from Earth.

[00:00:15]If placed where our sun is, its surface would stretch far beyond Jupiter.

[00:00:20]Mercury would disappear. Venus would disappear. Earth would be gone instantly. Even the outer planets would orbit inside the star [music] itself.

[00:00:31]And despite its size, UY Scuti is dying.

[00:00:35]One day, this giant could collapse in a catastrophic supernova, releasing more [music] energy than our sun will produce in its entire lifetime.

[00:00:46]The universe isn't just big, it's incomprehensibly enormous.