Dying Star May Have Torn Alien Planet Apart (Video)

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists using several telescopes, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, found evidence that a planet in an ancient cluster of stars on the edge of the Milky Way drifted too close to a white dwarf star and was ripped apart.

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