The US embassy in Dhaka has applauded Bangladesh-born Nasa astrophysicist Rubab Khan for discovering five “super giant stars” in the far universe.
In a post on its official Facebook page on Tuesday, the embassy hailed Rubab's discovery as a “great breakthrough.”
The post says that a team led by Bangladeshi astrophysicist Rubab Khan of Nasa Goddard Space Flight Centre found five similar super giant stars that matched in size and mass with Milky Way giant Eta Carinae and are located 15-26 million light years away in other galaxies.
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