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Science News, August 16, 2008

The (-est): The brightest star in the galaxy, Eta Carinae (shown), now faces a tough competitor. The Peony nebula star, which researchers scrutinized with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, blazes with the light of 3.2 million suns. Though Eta retains her reign, shining as bright as 4.7 million suns, the scientists say pinning down exact luminosities in the Milky Way's dusty center is difficult.

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