By comparison, the fastest star in the Milky Way orbits Sgr A*, a supermassive black hole in
To study the unusual pulsar, the researchers used X-rays, said astrophysicist Si Long of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
Astronomers observed the glowing remnantsupernova, it is located at a distance of about 20 thousand light years from us and is called G292.0+1.8. During previous observations, researchers identified it as an accelerating pulsar.
The authors of the new paper wanted to study the object to see if it could help learn more about the supernova itself.
They studied pictures of supernova remnants taken byin 2006 and 2016, and used data from the Gaia device about their positions in the Milky Way. It turned out that the dead star is moving 30% faster than previously thought.
According to the team, this pulsar is about 20 times faster than the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
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