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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months ago

obesity even kills stars, but the bigger they are, they shine brighter too

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obesity even kills stars, but the bigger they are, they shine brighter too

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  • Sarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    It only constitutes 99.86% of the mass in the solar system!

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    Misleading meme.

    The bigger the star, the faster it burns.

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    I’m not a science guy can somebody please explain?

  • waigl@lemmy.world
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    Earth is shown way too big in this picture…

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      I got that impression too, but after some hand-based estimation I think the problem is that the Sun is cropped and that throws our senses off.

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        Either way, a banana would be useful.

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          Hey, the bananas are all there. You can just look at their natural place.

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