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Runaway planet found orbiting ultra-fast star for first time – it’s flying through Milky Way 4X faster than lightning

Runaway planet found orbiting ultra-fast star for first time – it’s flying through Milky Way 4X faster than lightning

Source: The Sun

Published: Feb, 11 2025 14:20

ASTRONOMERS may have just found the fastest exoplanet system in the galaxy - a super-Neptune world orbiting a hypervelocity star. The pair are thought to be moving at roughly 1.2million mph. That's more than four times the speed of lighting. Though they could be moving much faster, at speeds that could one day launch them through the galaxy and into deep-space, according to a new study, published in The Astronomical Journal.

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