For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it — the flickering star is 2.2 million light-years away, and is 1/100,000th the brightness of the faintest star visible to the human eye. Yet, a century ago, its […]
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Andromeda Galaxy, Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Stars, The Universe
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January 15, 2025
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