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Astronomers Discover Hundreds of High-Velocity Stars, Many on Their Way Out of the Milky Way – Universe Today
Combining data from two of the largest databases in the world, an international team of astronomers was able to doubledthe number of known high-velocity stars
Within our galaxy, there are thousands of stars that orbit the center of the Milky Way at high velocities. On occasion, some of them pick up so much speed that they break free of our galaxy and become intergalactic objects. Because of the extreme dynamical and astrophysical processes involved, astronomers are most interested in studying these stars – especially those that are able to achieve escape velocity and leave our galaxy.
However, an international team of astronomers led from the National…
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