Speeding Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky
U.S. Newswire, August, 2007
To: SCIENCE EDITORS
Contact: Grey Hautaluoma, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358- 0668, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, or Whitney Clavin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., 1-818-354-4673, whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov, both of NASA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted a surprisingly long comet-like tail behind a star streaking through space at supersonic speeds. The star, named Mira after the Latin word for "wonderful," has been a favorite of astronomers for approximately 400 years. It is a fast-moving, older red giant that is shedding massive amounts of surface material.
The space-based Galaxy Evolution Explorer scanned the popular star during its ongoing survey of the entire sky in ultraviolet...
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