2007-03-13 06:09:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is only the biggest to our vision because it is closer. By no means is it the biggest. On another planet far away, our sun would look like any other star in the sky.
2007-03-13 06:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the sun is not a big star. there are stars much more massive than ours some up to 10 times in mass. Most of these though are called red giants and are usualy about to go supernova and then what is left (theoryreticaly) will collapse in on itself and turn into a black hole (a whole other question). Astronomers see larger suns all the time. They are millions of lightyears from us. Matter of fact some of these stars may have allready died. What we see is the light coming from a certain star..... lets break this done. Lets say there is a red giant 25 million light years from earth. it takes 25 million years for the light of that star to reach us. what we see is 25 million years into the past. that star could have allready went super nova and it will be 25 million years befor we see the brillliant death of that star.
2007-03-13 16:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by jan_23_15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun actually is not that big for a star. The only reason it looks so big is because it is much closer to us than other stars. The Sun is the only star in our Solar System.
2007-03-13 13:12:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun is a yellow dwarf; it's very common, and there are quite a few larger - some far larger, as big as the orbit of Jupiter. We see quite a few of them, actually - but at night, because they're so far away, they appear to be quite unspectacular. The BIG stars are the ones we notice - Antares, Sirius, Pollux - all giant stars when compared to our sun.
2007-03-13 13:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our sun is actually a very ordinary star. There are many others that are significantly greater in size and mass. The reason that they are not as bright as our sun is that the distance from earth is so great that they appear as bright specks in the night sky.
2007-03-13 13:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun is only about 93 million miles away. The nearest star is 4.2 light years away. Things that are closer to you appear to be larger than things far away.
2007-03-13 13:27:42 · answer #6 · answered by Surveyor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun isn't that big. It just looks big because it is so close to us. The reason we can't see the other stars in such a size is because they are so far away. The closest star is Alpha Centauri and it's 4.39 light years away (25.8 trillion miles).
Hope I helped.
2007-03-13 13:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by T-Bob Squarepants 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun is actually the same or similar size as other stars. Its proximity to the earth makes it appear large to us while the proximity of the other stars to us makes them seem small.
2007-03-13 13:17:35 · answer #8 · answered by Sane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other big stars are in a galaxy far far away.
2007-03-13 13:13:36 · answer #9 · answered by Stranger in a Strangeland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are much bigger stars than the sun, but they are much farther away. So they don't appear as large or we don't feel their heat.
2007-03-13 13:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋