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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Hyperfast Star Kicked Out of Milky Way

Hyperfast Star Kicked Out of Milky Way: New Hubble observations suggest a dramatic origin story for one of the fastest stars ever detected, involving a tragic encounter with a black hole, a lost companion and swift exile from the galaxy.

How sad. I feel for you, buddy. (A "blue straggler" is what they call it. How apropos.)


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