Thursday 16 June 2022

Dead star's cannibalism of its planetary system is most far-reaching ever witnessed

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.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/dead-stars-cannibalism-of-its-planetary-system-is-most-far-reaching-ever-witnessed