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Runaway stars  

Definition

  • A massive, young, and hot star that is moving quickly through space. Runaways are probably propelled through space from a binary star when its companion has exploded as a supernova, or ejected from a stellar cluster by the dynamical interactions in the system. (en)

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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1417

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