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Hypersonic Revelation

A star speeding through space at 1.6 million miles per hour suggests the first evidence of a massive black hole nearby

Hypervelocity Star: Photo by ESO
Astronomers have finally made sense of the mystery of a speeding star first discovered in 2005. The star, HE 0437-5439, is known as a hypervelocity star because, well, it’s fast.

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