Dead star's cannibalism of its planetary system is most far-reaching ever witnessed - Phys.org
6/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Science X staff
by Science X staff
The violent death throes of a nearby star so thoroughly disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behind—known as a white dwarf—is sucking in debris from both the system's inner and outer reaches, UCLA astronomers and colleagues report today.
The violent death throes of a nearby star so thoroughly disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behindknown as a white dwarfis sucking in debris from both the system's inner and outer … [+5667 chars]
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