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.