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It is hard to search for this question since most search engines treat the * symbol somehow special, so sorry if that has been asked before.

So, basically, I just would like to know what the difference is between the following two latex snippets. The only difference is that one uses figure while to other one uses figure* :

\begin{figure*} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{MyFig} \caption{\label{fig:myfig}MyFig Caption.} \end{figure*}

and

\begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{MyFig} \caption{\label{fig:myfig}MyFig Caption.} \end{figure}

Thank you!