Milky Way's fastest known star
A star moving faster in the Milky Way has been observed approaching the black hole at the galaxy's center at speeds reaching 25,000 kilometers per second, which is over 100,000 times faster than a commercial airplane. The star orbits closer to the black hole than previously recorded by scientists and completes one orbit every 8.7 years, benefiting from the black hole's gravity to increase its speed without falling in. The star was recently discovered in data from the European Southern Observatory, and the findings were published in the journal "Nature." It is considered one of several hundred stars influenced by the gravity of the supermassive black hole.
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