And the silver medal goes to … the Peony nebula star. Observing
the dusty center of the Milky Way, astronomers have found a hidden treasure: the
second-brightest star known in the galaxy. Researchers had already known of the
star’s existence, named for the flowery shape of its surrounding cloud of gas
and dust.
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