Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star
Hubble telescope has captured a heavy star from a nearby stellar nursery which is moving away at a speed of 4, 00,000 Km/h. This is the speed by which you can get to the moon and back in just 2 hours. This is an example of a massive star that has been pushed away from its home by its siblings.These results came from observations of three observatories which includes newly installed Cosmic Origins Spectrograph of Hubble telescope. Currently the star have already travelled 375 light years from its home which is a giant star cluster named R136.
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