Because you can't eat just one: Star will swallow two planets

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 06:19 in Astronomy & Space

Two worlds orbiting a distant star are about to become a snack of cosmic proportions. Astronomers announced that the planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star in a short time by astronomical standards. Their ends will come in 130 million and 155 million years, respectively.

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