Superfast

Something ‘kicked’ this super-fast star racing through the Milky Way at 2.1 million kilometers per hour (video)

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If you were attacked by a ravenous vampire star or risked falling into two dueling black holes, you’d probably run too! One of these terrifying scenarios is likely responsible for sending a low-mass star flying through the Milky Way at a staggering million miles per hour (1.6 million kilometers per hour). That’s about 1,500 times … Read more

Super-fast baby stars circle like a swarm of bees around the supermassive black hole Sgr A*

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Multiwavelength finding plot of the innermost ≈0.4 pc. of the galactic center observed in the K-band (red) and L-band (blue), observed with NACO (VLT). Credit: Astronomy and astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449729 × close to Multiwavelength finding plot of the innermost … Read more