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Ben Turner

Scientists discover the fastest stars ever seen in the Milky Way

A burnign red star emerges from a green fog of gas in a dark and distant galaxy

Astronomers have detected the fastest runaway star ever seen in the Milky Way galaxy — the husk of a star launched at blistering speeds from a gigantic cosmic explosion. 

The white dwarf, named J0927, was spotted hurtling through space at a stunning 5.112 million miles per hour (8,226,967 kilometers per hour). 

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