article_snippet: At The amazing stellar object current speed The amazing stellar object would make the journey from Earth to the moon in just five minutes - a trip which took the Apollo spacecraft three days.
article_snippet: Called US 708 it is moving at 745 miles (1,200km) per second.
article_snippet: US 708 is almost 62,000 light-years from Earth, and is on a path that will take it out of the Milky Way in about 25 million years.
article_snippet: At that speed, you could travel from Earth to the moon in five minutes,’ said Dr Eugene Magnier of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
article_snippet: At the speed US 708 is travelling it would make the journey from Earth to the moon in just five minutes - a trip which took the Apollo astronauts three days.
article_snippet: In addition, to escape from the Milky Way an object needs to exceed the ‘escape velocity’ - the strength of an object gravitational pull.
article_snippet: The escape velocity of our galaxy is about 375 miles (600km) per second, which US 708 easily exceeds.
highlights_snippet: Called US 708 it is moving at 745 miles (1,200km) per second .
  