Starlight and Shadow: The Taste of Planetary Engulfment The universe is full of mysteries, but few are as intriguing as the consumption of planets by their own stars.
This process unfolds on cosmic timescales, leaving behind only faint hints of what might have been. Astronomers have long suspected that such events occur with some regularity, and now they've caught one in the act.
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan has made a groundbreaking discovery about TOI 5882, a sun like star located 1,300 light years from Earth.