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About one million Earths could fit inside the volume of the Sun.

Why it is true

The Sun contains over ninety-nine percent of the solar system's mass. Its diameter is about one million four hundred thousand kilometers, easily swallowing the rocky planets.

Source: Stellar Astrophysics

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