Hubble Catches Star Consuming Its Planet
Hubble Telescope has discovered a planet-eating star.
According to NASA, the star is currently consuming the planet Wasp-12b.
But don't worry about missing this phenemona. Scientists say the star could take 10 million years to swallow!
From BBC,
"Wasp-12 is a dwarf star located approximately 600 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The exoplanet was first discovered by the UK's Wide Area Search for Planets (Wasp) in 2008."
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Cool.
Self-immolation + cannibalism simultaniety'll get you every time.
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