Using images from a NASA telescope, three amateur scientists discovered a star-like object sprinting through space — so fast, in fact, it’ll whiz right out of the Milky Way.
This freak of nature, traveling about 1 million mph, will escape the clutch of the galaxy. It’s the first time anyone has found something this massive at that incredible speed.
“I can’t describe the level of excitement,” said Martin Kabatnik, one of the discoverers, in a statement. “When I first saw how fast it was moving, I was convinced it must have been reported already.”
But what exactly is this thing?
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