Four white dwarf stars caught in the act of consuming 'earth-like' exoplanets
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 09:31
in Astronomy & Space
University of Warwick astrophysicists have pinpointed four white dwarf stars surrounded by dust from shattered planetary bodies which once bore striking similarities to the composition of the Earth. The scientists publish their results in a paper in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.