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The hyper-fast star was spotted by the Anglo-Australian Telescope in AustraliaBABAK TAFRESHI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
By Will GaterAstronomers have spotted a star tearing through the Milky Way that appears to have been flung outwards following an encounter with the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s heart.
This ‘hyper-velocity star’ has been named S5-HVS1. It is travelling through the galaxy at a blistering speed of more than 1700 kilometres per second.
We have seen other stars that are travelling faster than this, but those are dying stars thought to have been blasted outwards by supernova explosions. In contrast, S5-HVS1 …