hypervelocity

noun

hy·per·ve·loc·i·ty ˌhī-pər-və-ˈlä-sə-tē

-ˈlä-stē

: a high or relatively high velocity (such as thousands of feet or meters per second)

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This speed suggests that the system’s star might be a hypervelocity star, an example of a rare class of stellar objects that have been sped up by past encounters with other stars—or even a gravitational slingshot from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. —

Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024 Following the hypervelocity experiments at NRL and subsequent algorithmic training of debris-scouting AIs, the researchers hope to spot as many as 100 small-scale collisions in space every day. —

Sharmila Kuthunur, Scientific American, 30 July 2024 These hypervelocity stars have an interesting history. —

The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023 The first possibility is that the hypervelocity stars were ejected from a neighboring galaxy, such as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). —

Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2018 See all Example Sentences for hypervelocity