A Dying Star’s Last Act was to Destroy all Its Planets
- Wed 29 Jun 2022 11:26:PM
When white dwarfs go wild, their planets suffer through the resulting chaos. The evidence shows up later in and around the dying star’s atmosphere after it gobbles up planetary and cometary debris. That’s the conclusion a team of UCLA astronomers came to after studying the nearby white dwarf G238-44 in great detail. They found a …
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