hypervelocity
noun
hy·per·ve·loc·i·ty
ˌhī-pər-və-ˈlä-sə-tē 
-ˈlä-stē
: a high or relatively high velocity (such as thousands of feet or meters per second)
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Spacecraft that’ve run dry today will be the seedbed for tumbling, hypervelocity shrapnel tomorrow.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
The study looked at hypervelocity stars, ones that are screaming through space at speeds far higher than stars around them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Secondly, none of the stars that remain in orbit around Sgr A* appear to be the left-behind, erstwhile companions of these hypervelocity stars.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In a theoretical model, the team predicted that a supermassive black hole in the LMC would create hypervelocity stars and place them on the edge of our galaxy.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
The study looked at hypervelocity stars, ones that are screaming through space at speeds far higher than stars around them.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025
Secondly, none of the stars that remain in orbit around Sgr A* appear to be the left-behind, erstwhile companions of these hypervelocity stars.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In a theoretical model, the team predicted that a supermassive black hole in the LMC would create hypervelocity stars and place them on the edge of our galaxy.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Hypervelocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypervelocity. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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