Starry discovery changes space thoughts:
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The discovery of a jet stretching out 400 million million kilometres from a star is challenging astronomers' current understanding of space.
Astronomer Francesco Di Mille said the finding was beyond the understanding of theoretical models because no-one had previously believed such a giant stellar jet could exist.
Dr Di Mille is part of a team at the Australian Astronomical Observatory and the University of Sydney that worked with scientists in Chile to make the discovery.
The star making the jet is known as Sanduleak's star, named after the astronomer who first found it in 1977 - but who didn't spot its jet tail.
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