Topic: Hyperfast Star Was Booted from Milky Way

[sam]

A hundred million years ago, a triple-star system was traveling through the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy when it made a life-changing misstep. The trio wandered too close to the galaxy's giant black hole, which captured one of the stars and hurled the other two out of the Milky Way. Adding to the stellar game of musical chairs, the two outbound stars merged to form a super-hot, blue star.

-- cool.

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/19/

[Simon]

I guess we just have to hope it doesn't hit us! 

[Clive]

Sleep soundly Simon.     

[Simon]

I wish I could!  Roll on Winter!   

[Rik]

Autumn is OK.

[Simon]

True.  Except for the winds. 

[Rik]

I get them all year. 

[Simon]