#hypervelocity

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Day 2 of spooky space month! I hope to post comics soon but for now here are fun mini facts!

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Supermassive Black Hole Likely Lurking in Milky Way's Nearest Neighbor

<p data-block-key="q2pjl"><i>Astronomers traced the paths of "hypervelocity" stars to uncover the hidden monster.</i></p>

« It is astounding to realize that we have another supermassive black hole just down the block, cosmically speaking. Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time. »

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A star-like thing is flying 1 million mph in space. What the heck?

Amateur scientists found it.

« Although brown dwarfs aren't all that rare, this object, dubbed CWISE J1249, is unusual because it's about to escape into intergalactic space. And it has one other weird trait: The object has much less iron and other metals typically found in stars and brown dwarfs, according to data collected by the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, suggesting CWISE J1249 is so ancient, it could be among the first generation of stars birthed in the galaxy. »

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