What’s the Roundest Object in the Universe?

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November 15, 2024, 11:45 AM

• •The sun is the roundest object in the universe.
• •Venus is also very round, but not quite as round as the sun.
• •Neutron stars are theorised to be even rounder than the sun, but we can't measure their shape accurately.

The sun is the roundest object in the universe, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Science Express, found that the sun is 99.9992 percent spherical. This makes it more spherical than any other object that astronomers have ever measured.

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