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> - Why is it called Sun and has a black hole logo? > A black hole is a collapsed sun, do be a stickler. Have fun and enjoy. No. Sun can never become a black
by ihateolives 4y ago
> - Why is it called Sun and has a black hole logo?
> A black hole is a collapsed sun, do be a stickler. Have fun and enjoy.
No. Sun can never become a black hole: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/why-the-sun-wont-become-a-black-hole https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/why-the-sun-...
- saagarjha 4y agoSmall "s" sun. Not our Sun.
- rspoerri 4y agothats a star, our star is called sun
- rspoerri 4y agothat might need some correction... Wikipedia states: The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. According to some articles on the web, other stars can be suns as well, if they contain a planetary system. In common language however "the sun" is typically our star. "a sun" might be other stars as well. I think most people dont understand and think about the difference and thus think a star is a sun.
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- atombender 4y agoFrom https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun: sun noun \ ˈsən \ 1 a: often capitalized : the luminous celestial body around which the earth and other planets revolve [...] b: a celestial body like the sun : STAR Or to quote Carl Sagan: "Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns."
- rzzzt 4y agoCommonly known as a star. (But now I wonder: is there a difference between stars and suns?)
- daotoad 4y agoMy understanding is that a star is a star regardless of what is or isn't in orbit. A sun, however, needs to have planets to be a sun.
- rzzzt 4y agoI searched if there are "free-floating" stars that don't have any planets in their field of gravity, and results essentially say "not since the early days of the galaxy". So nowadays all/most/the overwhelming majority of stars are suns. Very interesting!