Planets round graveyard star have been consumed earlier than Earth was even born

A unusually cool star that has been lifeless for greater than 10 billion years comprises ranges of some parts that point out it ate its personal planets

By Alex Wilkins

A unusually cool star absorbed its planets billions of years earlier than Earth even existed.

Final 12 months, astronomers noticed a white dwarf star about 90 mild years from us. White dwarfs are the remnants of lifeless stars which have ceased to hold out nuclear fusion, however this one, WD J2147-4035, seemed to be a lot cooler than most white dwarfs. Its comparatively chilly temperature indicated that it was about 10 billion years previous – a lot older than different stars in its galactic neighbourhood.

Now, Abbigail Elms …