Scientists discover group of ‘hypervelocity’ stars travelling so fast they could escape the Milky Way’s gravitational clutches

These sun-size stars are thought to be moving at over a million mph
18 hypervelocity stars found previously originated from the galaxy’s centre
But none of the new hypervelocity stars found come from the galactic core
Scientists now hope to uncover what their ejection mechanism could be

The Milky Way galaxy, with its magnificent spiral of glowing gas and billions of stars, rotates on its axis once every 200 million years.

From a distance, this pinwheel of celestial objects appears ordered. But a closer look reveals how an unruly group of stars has been rapidly breaking away from its gravitational clutches.

These ‘hypervelocity stars’ are travelling at over a million miles per hour and could be leaving the Milky Way altogether.

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