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ScienceDaily: Nebulae News

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News


Shocking behavior of a runaway star: High-speed encounter creates arc

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:01 AM PST

Roguish runaway stars can have a big impact on their surroundings as they plunge through the Milky Way galaxy. Their high-speed encounters shock the galaxy, creating arcs, as seen in a newly released image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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