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Its story

In Libra, the only zodiacal constellation that depicts an object rather than a living being, shines a bluish B-type star. Far hotter and more massive than the Sun, its light crossed nearly 400 years to reach us: it set out while Newton was formulating the laws that still govern celestial mechanics. Its cold, electric brilliance balances the pans of this cosmic scale with a promise of fire.