How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

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When lounging outside on a pleasant, clear 75 °F fall day – the Sun shining brightly, but not excessively so – you might give thanks for the resident yellow dwarf star gracing our skies, its rays ...

The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to ...

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