For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.
It’s a gloomy preview of what will happen to Earth when our sun morphs into a red giant and gobbles the four inner planets in another 5 billion years.“If it’s any consolation, this will happen in about 5 billion years,”
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