A star and its planet are zooming through our galaxy at a mind-boggling speed of 1.2 million miles per hour– roughly twice as fast as our solar system moves through the Milky Way. This discovery could be the fastest-moving planetary system ever discovered. The discovery provides us a new understanding of how planets and stars move through space. Sean Terry, a scientist at the University of Maryland and NASA, explains their findings: “We think this is a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star.” In simpler terms, they spotted a planet similar to Neptune, circling a star much smaller than our … Continue reading Star and Planet Speeding at 1.2 Million MPH Through Milky Way