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The largest known star, UY Scuti, is so big that it would take 1,700 years to walk around it at normal walking speed.
This hypergiant star has a radius more than 1,700 times that of our Sun. If placed at the center of our solar system, it would extend beyond Jupiter's orbit. Despite its massive size, it's not the most massive star known - that title belongs to R136a1, which has more mass but a smaller radius.
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A spoonful of a white dwarf star would weigh several tons.
White dwarfs are the remnants of stars like our Sun after they've exhausted their nuclear fuel. They're incredibly...
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Some planets orbit their stars in figure-eight patterns.
In binary star systems, planets can follow complex figure-eight orbital patterns due to the gravitational influence of both...
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Jupiter’s moon Io has lakes of liquid sulfur.
Due to intense tidal heating from Jupiter, Io has lakes of molten sulfur on its surface that can...