[Ichneumon]

An artist's impression of an outcast star zooming out of the Milky Way, ejected from the galactic center after a close encounter with a black hole.

Hey kids, it's time to play What's Scientifically Wrong With This Picture!

[Larry Lucido]

Hey kids, it's time to play What's Scientifically Wrong With This Picture!

1) The star wouldn't have a tail.

2) (Just guessing here) The trajectory should probably be in the same plane as the rest of the galaxy.

3) If Al Gore was president, this never would have happened.

[Physicist]

The star in question is too young to have grown a beard.

[Right Wing Professor]

What's Scientifically Wrong With This Picture!

The star seems to have developed a knowledge of its absolute velocity through the ether?

[ImaGraftedBranch]

Well, first of all there is no atmosphere, so the tail of the "star" can not be due to friction.

It can only be there out of stupidity.

[RightWingAtheist]

There's one shot in the "stargate" sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey which looks almost identical to that image.