Sunday, February 23, 2014

Fleeing the Core

What's not known about this picture of a "runaway star" speeding through the interstellar medium (and causing shockwaves) is that this (and the others) are inhabited systems fleeing the really big supernova at the center of our galaxy...

...just kidding...

...or maybe not...

Addendum (March 5, 2014): How fast is that star? Maybe not as fast as first announced!

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