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The star type with the largest radius in the known universe is the red supergiant, whose radius can reach about two thousand times that of the Sun, close to nine astronomical units; if placed at the Sun's position, its surface would engulf everything from Mercury to Jupiter and almost reach Saturn's orbit.
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