Earth and Space

The cannonball star

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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.

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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/

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