Cosmic 'Death Star' is destroying a planet
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Death Star of the movie Star Wars may be fictional, but planetary destruction is real. Astronomers announced today that they have spotted a large, rocky object disintegrating in its death spiral around a distant white dwarf star. The discovery also confirms a long-standing theory behind the source of white dwarf "pollution" by metals.