Our sun may have eaten a super-Earth for breakfast
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
Our solar system sure seems like an orderly place. The orbits of the planets are predictable enough that we can send spacecraft on multi-year journeys to them and they will reliably reach their destinations. But we've only been looking at the solar system for the blink of an eye, cosmically speaking.