Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way
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"Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Scientific American, nature.com, AP News and npr.org. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 67d ago.
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Coverage (11)
- Fastest star in the galaxy ‘will reveal black hole’s secrets’ The Times · 66d ago
- Milky Way’s fastest star revolves around the central black hole at 15,500 miles per second The Brighter Side of News · 66d ago
- Newly-Discovered Star Could Finally Reveal Spin of Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole Sci.News · 67d ago
- APOD: 2026 August 21 - Time-Lapse of the Star S301 Orbiting the Black Hole in the Center of the Galaxy NASA Science (.gov) · 67d ago
- A star that feels our Galaxies central black hole rotate Max-Planck-Gesellschaft · 67d ago
- A record-breaking star could reveal how the Milky Way’s giant black hole spins Science News · 67d ago
- The Milky Way's Fastest Star Could Expose Our Black Hole's Spin Scientific American · 67d ago
- Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* nature.com · 67d ago
- Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole AP News · 67d ago
- This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy npr.org · 67d ago
- Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way The Guardian · 67d ago
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