Scientists found the world’s fastest star moving at 15,500 miles per second, over 8% the speed of light, and it could test Einstein’s theory
- Representative AI imageAstronomers have found what is currently the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint star racing through the extreme environment around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
- Called S301, the star reaches a staggering speed of about 15,500 miles per second, or 25,000 kilometres per second, which is more than 8% of the speed of light.
- It completes an unusually tight orbit around the black hole in just 8.7 years and comes closer to Sagittarius A* than any other known star.
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- Representative AI imageAstronomers have found what is currently the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint star racing through the extreme environment around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
- Called S301, the star reaches a staggering speed of about 15,500 miles per second, or 25,000 kilometres per second, which is more than 8% of the speed of light.
- It completes an unusually tight orbit around the black hole in just 8.7 years and comes closer to Sagittarius A* than any other known star.
Sources: Times of India