Thursday, January 8, 2026

Why is the Sun so tiny in comparison to the larger stars discovered?

 There are larger stars - and some MUCH larger stars.

But there are also smaller (and MUCH smaller) stars too.

To the best of our knowledge - our Sun is extremely, boringly AVERAGE.

It’s about halfway through it’s life - it’s kinda halfway into the MilkyWay.

It couldn’t *BE* more normal.

So - sure it’s tiny compared to SOME stars - but it’s pretty big compared to some others.

The smallest known star goes by the catchy name “OGLE-TR-122b” and it’s about the size of Jupiter.

In this diagram - the Sun is on the left…