VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star, with a volume nearly a billion times that of the Sun. It’s in its final stage and ejecting material into a surrounding nebula. It’s so large that it can fuse together elements up to iron and will eventually collapse into a supernova. The largest known star is […]
The Canis Majoris Dwarf Galaxy is the closest galaxy to us, located 25,000 light-years away from the Solar System and 42,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s core. It was discovered in 2003 and is being torn apart by the Milky Way’s gravitational pull, with its stars eventually becoming part of the primary mass. The Canis […]
