# NASA's Backyard Scientists Discover Object Racing Out of Milky Way at 1 Million MPH! 🚀

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**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nasas-backyard-scientists-discover-object-racing-out-of-milky-way-at-1-million-mph/289231 "2024-08-18T05:49:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nasas-backyard-scientists-discover-object-racing-out-of-milky-way-at-1-million-mph/289231/1 "2024-08-18T05:49:27Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Stunning Speed**  
Citizen scientists from NASA’s Backyard Worlds project have identified CWISE J1249, a hypervelocity object moving at approximately 1 million miles per hour, potentially escaping the Milky Way.

2. **Mystery Mass**  
The object’s low mass and unique composition suggest it could be a low-mass star or a brown dwarf, challenging conventional classifications of celestial bodies.

3. **Potential Origins**  
CWISE J1249 may have originated from a binary star system or a globular cluster, with its high speed possibly resulting from interactions with white dwarfs or black holes.

**Read more at:** [NASA](https://nasa.gov)