Brightest Star in the Galaxy Has New Competition

The ‘Peony nebula’ star, circled, is now the second-brightest star in our galaxy. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Potsdam Univ. A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy’s center. Nicknamed the “Peony nebula star,” the bright stellar bulb was revealed by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and other ground-based telescopes. It blazes with the light of an estimated 3.2 million suns. The reigning “brightest star” cham

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