How many Earths can you fit inside the sun? 110 in diameter. 100 across times a cube. So you could put a million suns inside the entire ball. A hundred Earths going straight across. That's not a small hole. But let's, you know, it seems to be shining. All right. I think we have another part of this question that I actually have some expertise in. Yeah,. Let's do it.
Can we use gravitational lensing to view distant planets? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore black holes, quasars, entropy, and more with astrophysicist and host of PBS Space Time, Matt O’Dowd.
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