1,300 Earths can fit inside Jupiter. And 1,000 Jupiters can fit inside the sun.
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Meanwhile, between 446,000 and 1,060,000 suns can fit inside Betelgeuseโwhich means around 1 quadrillion Earths can fit inside Betelgeuse.
Fat Betelgeuse
There are even bigger stars. As of a few months ago, the largest known star is Stephenson 2-18, which has a diameter of 3 billion km (compared with 1.25 billion km for Betelgeuse). Hereโs what we wrote about it in the Universe in a Nutshell app:
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