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The fastest star in the galaxy has been found, and yeah, it’s really *really* fast – SYFY WIRE
While peering deep into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have found the fastest star ever seen. This thing is tearing through space; at one point in its orbit, it’s moving at a terrifying 24,000 kilometers per second — over 85 million kilometers per hour!…
While peering deep into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have found the fastest star ever seen. This thing is tearing through space; at one point in its orbit, its moving at a terrifying 24,000 kilometers per second over 85 million kilometers per hour!
Thats 8% the speed of light.
Holy relativistic acceleration! How can any star be screaming through space that quickly?
Well, it helps to plunge down to within 1.9 billion kilometers of a supermassive black hole.
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