In theballanalogy, the radiusofthe ball growsasthe universeexpands, but allpoints on thesurfaceof the ball (the universe) recede from eachotherin an identicalfashion.
We call these stars supergiants and they are 20 times more massive than our own sun and so when these stars go supernova they expand to a radiusof up to a billion miles, becoming the biggest and brightest star in theuniverse.