Astronomers locate eleven 'runaway' galaxies

[Judi Lynn]

Astronomers locate eleven 'runaway' galaxies
Apr 24, 10:59 am



Washington, Apr.24 (ANI): Researchers have identified 11 runaway galaxies, for the first time that escaped their original homes and have been flung into space.

An object is a runaway if it's moving faster than escape velocity, which means it will depart its home never to return. In the case of a runaway star, that speed is more than a million miles per hour. A runaway galaxy has to race even faster, traveling at up to 6 million miles per hour.

These isolated compact galaxies were unexpected because theorists thought they originated from larger galaxies that had been stripped of most of their stars through interactions with an even bigger galaxy. So, the compact galaxies should all be found near big galaxies.

Not only were the newfound compact ellipticals isolated, but also they were moving faster than their brethren in clusters.

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[progree]

1. Runaway galaxies? Can't have that. I say shoot them in the back. nm

[lob1]

2. Absolutely! The galaxies are loaded with dark matter.

[progree]

3. LOL. And sinister dark energy

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

4. The term "flung into space" just makes me chuckle...

It's like they were kept in a big huge room somewhere.... Then flung into space.
I know what it means but the visual is just too outrageous.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Yeah, aren't galaxies *IN* space already ?

It's like a fish being thrown out into the ocean -- from the ocean.

[demosincebirth]

5. I don't understand any of it. nt.

[niyad]

7. k and r