... The Brightest Star Yet Known . ... Star light, star bright, a new brightest star has been discovered in the night. This new brightest star is so far away and so obscured by dust, however, that it took the Hubble Space Telescope to confirm it. ... Surveyor At Mars . ... Comet Halley and the Milky Way . ... Comet Halley is the bright white streak near this photograph's center. ... Do not look at stars as bright spots only - try to take in the vastness of the universe." ... Half Dome Rock on Mars . ...