This extreme star might have huge tidal waves
The height of the waves could be up to three times the diameter of the sun
![An illustration of one large blue star next to one small blue star with a thin stream of light passing between the two.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/081723_lk_star_tidal_waves_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
On one star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, enormous tidal waves of plasma might repeatedly crash across its surface as a smaller companion star’s gravity tugs on the bigger star (illustrated).
Melissa Weiss/CfA