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Fastest star in Milky Way found, travels at 25,000 km per second

short by Anmol Sharma / on Thursday, 20 August, 2026
Scientists have discovered S301, the fastest known star in Milky Way, reaching about 25,000 km per second as it races around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of Milky Way. The star completes an orbit in 8.7 years. It was detected with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer.
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