Star Blasting Away From Galaxy At Record Speed | Animation

New research reveals that a compact helium star that's traveling out of the Milky Way galaxy was once donating its mass as part of a type Ia supernova pair. The spin of the star increased dramatically over time leading to its eventual ejection. -- Full Story: http://goo.gl/KOh7Nv

Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Ruiz Lapuent (University of Bacelona); Cut and colored by S. Geier