The object, called CWISE J124909.08+362116.0, was discovered several years ago. It is very unusual (for a star) because it has no place in the galaxy. Instead, it is traveling through the Milky Way at incredible speeds.
CWISE J124909.08+362116.0 is a very fast object. The star is traveling through our galaxy at incredible speeds. about 1.6 million kilometers per hourFor comparison, the speed of light is about 300,000 km/s, but that’s a lot for a star.
The CWISE object J124909.08+362116.0 has been accelerated to the point that it Over time the Milky Way may leave.. It will just be thrown out of the galaxy. Scientists decided to take a closer look at this discovery a few years ago and have established several facts. However, some questions still remain unanswered.
Research into determining the composition and size of an object has shown that it must be so. very small starIn fact, scientists also assume a different scenario. It is brown dwarf. What is this?
Brown dwarfs, of which thousands have been identified in the galaxy, are something Between the stars and planetsIt was too massive to be an exoplanet, but also too small to be a star.
However, it is worth noting that none of the brown dwarfs discovered in the Milky Way are moving as fast as CWISE J124909.08+362116.0. The object is also poor in iron and other metals compared to other stars or brown dwarfs. That is why scientists claim that it is a very old celestial body. Quite simply, it is. Very oldThe facility was examined, among other things, using the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
There is also no certainty associated with achieving such high speeds. One scenario is that it occurred as an ejection from a binary system, where a supernova, i.e. a very large explosion of the companion star, occurred. However, there is no clear evidence for this. In any case, the incredible speed of CWISE J124909.08+362116.0 means something, because such fast stars are extremely rare in the Milky Way. Further research is needed to answer additional questions.
