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Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Around 1000 km per second. Mph, come on.
Edit: says so right in tfa, I'll take the come on back
Edit 2: the escape velocity of the milky way is said to be 550 km per second. The orbital velocity of the sun around the milky way is 230 km per second.