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Space
Space
Science
Robert Lea

This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful winds topping 2 million mph

A colorful view of space with tendrils and blobs of gas. A box-out shows a bunch of glowing dots.

NASA's X-ray spacecraft XRISM, which stands for X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, has clocked how fast winds are ripping from a distant galaxy bursting with star formation.

It would appear these winds travel at an incredible 2 million miles per hour (3.21 million kilometers per hour).

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