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Its story

In the keel of Carina shines an F-type star, slightly hotter and whiter than the Sun, with only a faint yellowish tone. Its light has been travelling for just over a century: it set out when Einstein was publishing General Relativity and space ceased to be a rigid stage to become a fabric shaped by mass. That nearby, almost contemporary glow reminds us that stars too are witnesses to the centuries we ourselves have lived.