NASA’s autopsy of planet swallowed by a star gives astronomers a surprise

NASA’s autopsy of planet swallowed by a star gives astronomers a surprise

Planets are eaten by dying stars as they turn into red giants and expand. Earth will be eaten by the sun in billions of years

Webb Telescope records planet being swallowed by a star; look - World Stock Market

In May 2020, Astronomers first observed a planet being swallowed by its host star . Based on the data of the time, it was believed that the body had found its end when the star expanded at the end of his life, becoming what is called a red giant . However, new observations made by the James Webb space telescope-a kind of post-death exam-indicate that the end of the planet occurred differently from what was thought. Instead of the star came to th…