At first sight, the event formally known as ZTF SLRN-2020 looked like a collapsed star (white dwarf) stripping out hot gas from a neighbor star. Kishalay De, an astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the lead author of a new study published in Nature, was searching for this…
Astronomers witness a star in its final days devouring a giant planet
by Anthony cameron // May 8, 2023