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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Coverage (5)
- The Milky Way's Fastest Star Could Expose Our Black Hole's Spin Scientific American · 3h ago
- Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* nature.com · 3h ago
- Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole AP News · 3h ago
- This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy npr.org · 3h ago
- Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way The Guardian · 3h ago
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