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We Just Found The Fastest Star in The Milky Way, Travelling at 8% The Speed of Light – ScienceAlert
We’ve found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. In the extreme environment at the centre of our galaxy, a newly discovered star called S4714 orbits the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
We’ve found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. In the extreme environment at the centre of our galaxy, a newly discovered star called S4714 orbits the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
On its orbital journey, S4714 reaches a velocity of around 8 percent of the speed of light – an absolutely jaw-dropping 24,000 kilometres per second (15,000 miles per second). But that’s not even the most amazing thing.
S4714 is just one of a group of stars that have now been discovered skimming Sgr …
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