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Tuesday 10 Mar 2015 - 12:51 Makkah mean time-19-5-1436  Photo: Space.com Washington (IINA) – Astronomers from University of Hawaii have discovered a star located on a path outside the Milky Way galaxy, which moves at the speed of 2.7 million mph.
The scientists observed that the pulling force of Milky Way galaxy's gravity has no effect on the speed of this star, which is particularly called the US 708.
They also observed that US 708 rotates rapidly unlike other Hypervelocity stars. It has been predicted that the star has entered the intergalactic space. Initially, it was observed in 2005 and that time it was a typical red giant star within the binary star system.
Eugene Magnier, an astronomer at the Hawaii University and lead author of the study, said, "At the speed, you could travel from Earth to the moon in five minutes". It has been also found by the astronomers that the US 708 is not the first star, which moved so fast and escaped the galaxy's gravitational pull.
It is assumed that hypervelocity stars have been brought into the space through a massive black hole in the Milky Way.
These findings of the study were published by the Science Journal.
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