Astronomers trace a runaway star to a former companion's supernova - Phys.org
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Astronomers trace a runaway star to a former companion's supernova - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Sam Jarman

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and were dramatically ejected into space when their companion stars underwent supernova explosions. Through a combination of observations…