The cannonball star
Stories from Physics
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An unusual ‘cannonball star’ has been observed travelling at more than 1.54 million km per hour. The astrophysicists who observed the star believe it may have been ejected from a binary system in a supernova and carries traces of carbon formed in the exploded star.
References
The ‘cannonball star’
S. Lewin, 26th January, 2016, Superfast “Cannonball” Star Likely Blasted from Supernova, Scientific American Website, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superfast-cannonball-star-likely-blasted-from-supernova/