The Juicy Secrets of Stars That Eat Their Planets - The New York Times

As scientists study thousands of planets around the galaxy, they are learning more about worlds that get swallowed up by their stars.

It gets weirder: Some giant planets that spark star-killing ejections may also bring new worlds into existence as they are immolated in the stellar furnace. You can have a planet that is engulfed, th… [+1956 chars]

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