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Planets can really haul ass

By bewilderbeast,  Newser User

Posted Mar 23, 2012 3:36 AM CDT

(User Submitted) – New research shows that runaway planets could fly out of our galaxy at speeds of up to 30 million miles per hour.
"These warp-speed planets would be some of the fastest objects in our galaxy. If you lived on one of them, you'd be in for a wild ride from the center of the galaxy to the Universe at large," said astrophysicist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
"Travel agencies advertising journeys on hypervelocity planets might appeal to particularly adventurous individuals," added Loeb. Read the full article.

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JoeQ
Mar 26, 2012 11:22 PM CDT
Good story, bewilderbeast!
 

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