They detect blue supergiant star traveling through the Milky Way

It is also surprising that his speed seems to vary in an amazing way. The variation in its speed of up to 216,000 kilometers per hour observed on two consecutive days is extraordinarily rare for such a large star.

The team of astronomers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna in Spain was the first to detect the star.

For Sara Rodríguez Berlanas, researcher at the University of Alicante and co-author of the study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societymore observations are needed to “unravel the true nature of J20395358+4222505”.

The scientific described the celestial body as “one of the most peculiar objects in the galaxy”. CC/CP