Scientists spot star flung across our galaxy at insane speeds

[Mike Wehner]

• Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope identified a star moving at truly incredible speeds.
• The white dwarf is thought to have partially exploded, sending the remaining material of the star flying at incredibly high speeds.
• The star's speed is estimated at just shy of 560,000 miles per hour.

Our Sun is a star with a relatively easy life. It's kind of been hanging out in our little cosmic neighborhood for several billion years, just doing what it does. Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star that hasn't had things so easy. In fact, it appears to have experienced what can only be described as a "partial supernova," which caused it to be flung violently across our home galaxy.

Researchers made the discovery, which was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, thanks in part to the fact that the star's composition appears quite different from other white dwarf stars.

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