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Thousands of new space objects revealed. Using the new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
(WISE), scientists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been
able to detect never-before-observed objects such as stars, asteroids, dust clouds, comets
and even a new galaxy. The first full scan of the night-time sky identified over 25,000
new asteroids, 15 new comets and hundreds of possible brown dwarfs. Meanwhile, a team
led by British astrophysics professor Paul Crowther using NASA’s Hubble Telescope and
the European Southern Observatory’s extra large telescope has found the biggest ever
known star. At a weight of more than 320 times the mass and 10 million times the luminosity
of the Sun, astronomers are calling this a once in a lifetime discovery. The researchers
hope that their many new extraterrestrial discoveries will help answer questions about
how planets, stars and galaxies are formed.
Our accolades, US and European scientists for these amazing new discoveries in the vast
outer reaches of space. May we cherish the many gifts of our own planetary home as we
continue to learn more about the magnificent creations of the universe�