Dead Star Caught Ripping Apart Planetary System in a Rare Incidence of Cosmic Cannibilism

Dead Star Caught Ripping Apart Planetary System in a Rare Incidence of Cosmic Cannibilism

In a rare cosmic observation, a sun-like star destroyed its planetary system while dying, leaving behind a white dwarf star. The dead star is now consuming both icy and rocky-metallic material which forms the planets. The discovery was made by analysing archival data from NASA’s Hubble Telescope and other observatories…