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

[Chris K]

The discovery was made by analysing archival data from NASA's Hubble Telescope and other observatories of the American space agency. Termed cosmic cannibalism, the observation helped shed light on the violent nature of the evolved planetary system and can help astronomers in understanding the makeup of newly forming systems.

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