SMRTR Science & EngineeringJul 21, 2026Science Daily

Dying Sun-like stars may kick themselves through space

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Dying Sun-like stars may physically kick themselves through space as they shed their outer layers unevenly. A Caltech model suggests roughly 10,000 random ejections over hundreds of thousands of years push stars at ~1 km/s, potentially breaking apart wide binary star pairs and even triggering explosive stellar collisions.

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