Astronomers Detect A Star Swallowing A Planet

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An artist's impression of an aging star swelling up and starting to swallow its planet (Credit: K. Miller/ R. Hurt - Caltech/I PAC)

Scientists have long theorized that older stars swell up as they age and devour nearby planets. However, the assumption has been derived from observations made before and after the event. Now, for the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of engulfing a planet. The star, known as ZTF SLRN-2020, resides approximately 12,000 light-years away in our galaxy near the Aquila constellation.

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  • beachgurly2012
    beachgurly20129달
    Im so glad i wont be alive when that happens. that is so scary!
    • njcrazy18
      njcrazy181년 이상
      wow that was cool
      • moly_2021
        moly_20212년 이하
        It's so fascinating I wonder what would Earth look like 5 billion years from now
        • ovrlord999
          ovrlord9992년 이하
          I can think of scarier things, but yes, that is intimidating.
          • dragonomg
            dragonomg2년 이하
            This really is scary and I have thought about this before but honestly by that point earth will have turned into a underworld
            • deafgirlhistory
              deafgirlhistory2년 이하
              Wow, that`s sounds real scary but pretty interesting to read about!
              • celestialk
                celestialk2년 이하
                Scary and cool. I agree adroit_avimimus, it is scary. I wonder how the Earth will look like five billion years from now, the advancements, evolution, and the environment. All these will play a role in how the human race will react to this situation, for all we know the Earth may not survive for another five billion years. We may have civilizations on other plants to go there, we may not even be on Earth. And how will evolution effect this. The environment could also play a role in this, some animals might go extinct, and there's evolution again. Just thinking one day the very Earth we live on today will one day be swallowed by the very Sun that keeps our life's going as we know it, is scary. Also I'm not looking forward to that day, even though I won't be there. Bye!!! ;)
                • 29zabraham
                  29zabraham2년 이하
                  That is very cool!
                  • adroit_avimimus
                    adroit_avimimus약 2년
                    Thinking about what the future holds for the human race is pretty scary but also cool to think about at the same time
                    • dogsareawesome6
                      dogsareawesome6약 2년
                      WOW that’s AMAZING 🤩

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