The Galaxy's Fastest Star US 708

This video shows an artist's impression of the ejection of the hypervelocity star, US 708. The star is the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It is traveling at 1,200 kilometers per second or 2.7 million miles per hour. You can find out more about the star here: http://bit.ly/1BZPe0U

Credit: NASA, ESA and P. Ruiz Lapuente (University of Barcelona); Cut and colored by S. Geier

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