# "Runaway Planets Zoom at a Fraction of Light Speed"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/runaway-planets-zoom-at-a-fraction-of-light-speed/55034>\
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**Created:** [March 25, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/runaway-planets-zoom-at-a-fraction-of-light-speed/55034 "2012-03-25T17:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/runaway-planets-zoom-at-a-fraction-of-light-speed/55034/1 "2012-03-25T17:04:11Z")

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> Seven years ago, astronomers boggled when they found the first runaway star flying out of our galaxy at a speed of 1.5 million miles per hour.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([Runaway planets zoom at a fraction of light speed | ScienceDaily](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120322113604.htm))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/runaway-planets-zoom-at-a-fraction-of-light-speed/55034/2 "2012-04-03T11:18:15Z")

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It was attempting to get away from Earth.

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/runaway-planets-zoom-at-a-fraction-of-light-speed/55034/3 "2012-04-09T17:33:54Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> It was attempting to get away from Earth.

Planetary halitosis is a terrible thing. 😛

What kind of chaos goes on in a planet flunged through the cosmos at such speeds. 😕