![Diagram illustrates the slow destruction of G238-44’s planetary system, with the tiny white dwarf at the center, surrounded by a faint accretion disk made up of pieces of shattered bodies falling onto the dead star. Remaining asteroids form a thin stream of material surrounding the star. Larger gas giant planets may still exist in the system, and much farther out is a belt of icy bodies such as comets. Credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/starcannibalismfeat-220x162.jpg)
Astronomy
Dead Star’s Cannibalism Of Its Planetary System Is Most Far-Reaching Ever Witnessed
June 19, 2022
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The violent death throes of a nearby star so thoroughly disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behind—known as a
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