Horror Haiku Club Prompt

August 12 - Hypervelocity Star

Traveling at 1.5 million miles per hour, these stars were once part of a pair.

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Your prompt is HYPERVELOCITY STAR.

Black hole’s throwing stones

Rockets through the universe

Are we in the path?

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As a pair of stars gets close to a large black hole, like the one at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, one star is consumed and the other is flung free at great speeds. But don’t worry, astronomers say there is very little chance a speeding star will ever head our way.