foxyflowerchild:

Runaway Stars: Alpha Cam
Runaway stars are massive stars traveling rapidly through interstellar space. Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Alpha Cam has produced this graceful arcing bow wave or bow shock - moving at over 60 kilometers per second and compressing the interstellar material in its path.
Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel

foxyflowerchild:

Runaway Stars: Alpha Cam

Runaway stars are massive stars traveling rapidly through interstellar space. Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Alpha Cam has produced this graceful arcing bow wave or bow shock - moving at over 60 kilometers per second and compressing the interstellar material in its path.

Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel

(Source: ikenbot, via moveintomymind)