Speeding star offers a rare glimpse of the Milky Way's galactic centre

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March 7, 2025, 2:00 PM

• •A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of the Milky Way at around 500 kilometres per second.
• •The star's trajectory gives astronomers clues about a group of stellar objects that are hard to observe directly.
• •The star is thought to have been ejected from the Milky Way's nuclear star cluster, which is located near the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of our galaxy at around 500 kilometres per second, giving astronomers clues about a group of stellar objects that are hard to observe directly. The star is thought to have been ejected from the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, and its journey has given astronomers a rare glimpse into this mysterious region.

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