{"id":1082,"date":"2016-01-06T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T02:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/06\/beautiful-photos-show-signs-of-runaway-stars-in-the-milky-way\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T02:26:19","slug":"beautiful-photos-show-signs-of-runaway-stars-in-the-milky-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/06\/beautiful-photos-show-signs-of-runaway-stars-in-the-milky-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful photos show signs of 'runaway' stars in the Milky Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bowshocks\"<\/p>\n

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. \u2014 Runaway stars speeding through the galaxy aren’t exactly easy to find, but luckily, they leave some clues that space-based telescopes can catch and beam back to Earth<\/p>\n

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have caught sight of “bow shocks” produced by dozens of these runaway stars shooting through the galaxy at supersonic speeds.<\/p>\n

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See also: This Is What’s Left Behind When a Supernova Explodes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“It may be that our Milky Way is, in fact, swarming with these hot runaway stars,” William Chick, a scientist working with the Spitzer and WISE data, said during a presentation here at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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