In 2017, astronomers found hypervelocity stars believed to have come from the Large Magellanic Cloud, supposedly kicked out of binary systems by supernovae. What kept the surviving star from being destroyed by the blast? Launie WellmanFestus, Missouri Some stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, move much faster than most other stars in the MilkyContinue reading “If hypervelocity stars are kicked out of binary systems by supernovae, how did they survive the blast?”
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