Friday, February 15, 2013

Stars trekking across the Universe: Ultra-fast suns found racing through the Milky Way at 2M miles per hour

Stars trekking across the Universe: Ultra-fast suns found racing through the Milky Way at 2M miles per hour | Mail Online: "Six stars with masses similar to our own Sun have been spotted hurtling through the Milky Way at phenomenal speeds of up to two million miles per hour, new research claims.

Cosmic maelstrom: An artist's impression of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the centre of the Milky Way

Astronomers say these 'hypervelocity stars' - the first of their kind to be discovered - could have been ejected from the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's centre."

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