The black hole at the Milky Way’s centre catapulted a Sun-like star to 'hypervelocity' speed.
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A star seen streaking across the cosmos was probably flung by the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way1. Unlike most objects in the Galaxy, these ‘rogue stars’ do not slowly circle the Galactic Centre, and could be used to probe the chemistry of the regions where they originated.
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