Have you ever seen the constellation Orion? It's pretty cool. On one of the arms of Orion is a huge star called Betelgeuse. It's a supergiant, over 1,000 times bigger than our sun*.
So if the earth is 1,000,000 times smaller than the sun, and the sun is 1,000 times smaller than Betelgeuse, how many earths could fit inside Betelgeuse?
This is one of my favorite stars, mostly because of how hard it is to even try to comprehend how huge it is.
At first, I thought that Betelgeuse was probably the biggest star that humans knew of, but was soon surprised to find that there are stars much bigger than Betelgeuse!
As far as I know, Canis Majoris is the biggest star we know of in our galaxy.
Isn't it amazing how small we are in comparison to everything else out there? Think about it: God made all that. It's all so much bigger than we are, and yet HE wants to have a personal relationship with us! He wants to be our best friend. It's awesome!
*According to a NASA article.
Wow! Yeah, it's so amazing how small we are in comparison to all that God has made and controls. Do you think He can handle my little problems? Yes indeed.
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