Red Giant Destroying Planet - V2 (Apr 2023)
Red Giant Destroying Planet - V2 (Apr 2023)
Astronomers at NOIRLab (Tucson, Arizona, USA) have detected what they believe is the first sighting
of the destruction of a gas giant planet caused by the expansion of its ageing red giant star. All
sun-like stars expand as their nuclear fuel runs out, culminating in a red giant phase, in which the
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