Then one star might gain enough energy “to be slingshotted out of the galaxy entirely.” And it could travel millions of miles-an-hour.
Gilbert Hill’s theory was proven true in 2005. That’s when scientists observed the birth of a shooting star
“While observing stars in the Milky Way’s halo, a team of researchers using the MMT Observatory in Arizona came across something most unexpected. They observed a star escaping the Milky Way at nearly 2 million mph (3.2 million kph). This was HVS1, the first known hypervelocity star.” Ginsburg claims.
The hypervelocity star moves at such incredible speeds it is difficult to keep it under observation. So, Ginsburg and his advisor developed computer simulations to answer additional questions. What happens to the other star after it separates from the shooting star? And can it form a massive shooting planet when two stars collide?
Ginsburg’s prediction models predict that the star that is broken off from the shooting star is often left orbiting the black hole. And yes, a larger planet can form, but so far, no hypervelocity planets have been discovered.
