Are the stars bigger or smaller than the sun?

Answer 1

Some are bigger, some are smaller

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Answer 2

About 80% of the stars in the Galaxy are red or brown dwarfs, smaller than the Sun, so the Sun is not an average star by any means. However, many of the stars you see in the night sky are larger and brighter than the Sun, which is why you can see them. There are some very bright and very large stars in our galaxy. The star that was in the news lately as a super-supernova was thought to be as large as the orbit of Jupiter. However, it was not in our galaxy. A star in our galaxy, Eta Carinae, is about the same size, and is likely to explode as as super-supernova in the near future, although in astronomical terms, the near future could be 10 or 20 thousand years. Eta Carinae is about 7500 light years away which is far enough away that the Earth will not be harmed. When it does eventually blow it will be brighter that Venus and visible in the daytime for several months.

Answer 3

Our sun is thought of as an average star. There are some smaller and some much larger. To get a good idea of star size comparisons, see the excellent graphics on this website ==>http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsletter/comparisons.html

Answer 4

The sun is actually a relatively small star compared to most, but there are definitely some bigger and some smaller. It depends which star you compare it to!

Answer 5

The Sun is a medium size star, which means that there are a great quantity of stars larger, some MUCH larger, like the RED GIANTS, and some smaller or much smaller, like the BROWN DWARFS. I hope this answers your question.

Answer 6

Some stars are larger than the sun and some are smaller. I think that it is slightly on the smaller end of average.

Answer 7

Our sun (or Sol, as it is named), is an moderately large yellow dwarf, by definition. However, some of the smaller white dwarfs are twenty to forty kilometers across, while some stars, such as Alpha Herculis, if put in our solar system in place of the sun, would extend out to the orbit of Saturn (9.5 AU, or almost nine billion miles from the sun).

Answer 8

Both. Stars come in many sizes. The Sun is on the small side for a star, but it is not the smallest star.

Answer 9

The sun is a star, most stars are about the same size of our sun.

Answer 10

Depends on the star. Some are larger (in either size or mass) and some are smaller.

Answer 11

the sun is a medium sized star. there are other red-supergiant stars like Betelgeuse that has radii about 1500 times that of the sun. then there are other stars that are very small compared to the sun like white dwarfs and black dwarfs. basically, the stars you see in the sky appear to be farther because they are many light-years away. just like when you view something from afar, it may appear to be small, but in reality it's HUGE!