In a first, astronomers spot a star swallowing a planet

[smp]

From MIT.edu:
"As a star runs out of fuel, it will billow out to a million times its original size, engulfing any matter — and planets — in its wake. Scientists have observed hints of stars just before, and shortly after, the act of consuming entire planets, but they have never caught one in the act until now.

In a study appearing today [3 May 2023] in Nature, scientists at MIT, Harvard University, Caltech, and elsewhere report that they have observed a star swallowing a planet, for the first time."

https://news.mit.edu/2023/astronomers-s ... lanet-0503

Wow!

smp

[helicon]

Pretty amazing Stephen!