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Star Flung From Milky Way at High Speed

Posted by Zonk on from the knocked-one-out-of-the-park dept.

fenimor writes "Using the MMT Observatory in Tucson, astronomers have discovered a star three times bigger than the sun, leaving our galaxy at a speed of over 1.5 million miles per hour (670 kilometers per second). The first-of-its-kind finding not only confirms an earlier theory about the existence of such speeding stars, but also reinforces the notion that the Milky Way spins around a black hole."

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  1. Re:Fling out of the galaxy by geoffrobinson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What do you have against T.O.?

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  2. Re:Why? by whitroth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because it's afraid Bush will find oil on one of its planets and invade it, obviously.

  3. Slashdot... by greypilgrim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yesterday's news...Today!

  4. Heads Up! by IBeatUpNerds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Duck!!!

  5. Re:Any astronomers out there? by dhakbar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you think there will be a class war in America?

    (asking the sociologist)

  6. Re:Outcast Star by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, MoveON.org blames the "Outcast Star syndrome" on white Christian conservative rednecks.

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