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The smallest known star is about the size of Saturn.
EBLM J0555-57Ab is just slightly bigger than Saturn, making it the smallest known star capable of sustaining nuclear fusion. Any smaller, and it wouldn't have enough mass to generate the pressure and temperature needed for fusion reactions.
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The Sun contains 99.86% of all the mass in our solar system.
Despite the planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in our solar system, almost all the mass is contained...
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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.
K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...
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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.
Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...