* One solar mass is the mass of our Sun, which is about 333,000 times the mass of Earth.

* 100 solar masses means an object is 100 times more massive than our Sun. This is the typical mass range for massive stars, which are extremely luminous and hot.

* For comparison:

* The largest known stars (hypergiants) can reach up to 200-300 solar masses.

* Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has a mass of about 100 billion solar masses.

In other words, 100 solar masses is a tremendously large amount of matter, even in astronomical terms!