The discovery highlights a planetary system that races through the Milky Way, traveling at an astonishing speed of 541 kilometers per second, challenging our understanding of stellar dynamics.
Lead author Sean Terry described the system’s high velocity as "extremely high and kind of shocking," raising questions about how such a high-speed planetary system might survive.
This system, with a red dwarf star about 25,000 light-years from Earth, represents a remarkable find which could indicate the potential for elusive unseen planets.
The system's gas giant planet, weighing approximately 29 times Earth's mass, orbits its star at a distance akin to that between Venus and Earth.
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