'Death Star' Vaporizes Its Own Planet: 1st Evidence

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

The planet-destroying Death Star from "Star Wars" may be fictional, but a star at the end of its life and only a bit bigger than Earth could be its real-world twin: the star is currently destroying and disintegrating an orbiting planet bit by bit.

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