VY Canis Majoris is a Hypergiant star that is among the largest in the universe. What is a hypergiant star? How long do they live? Just how large are they? How will it die? Watch this video to find out.
Further reading:
http://www.universetoday.com/1...
http://www.universetoday.com/3...
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph?...
http://www.gemini.edu/node/112...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Integ...
http://extranet.sams.pac.dodea...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
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