Cosmic ‘Death Star’ destroys a planet
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 08:40
in Astronomy & Space
The Death Star featured in 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. […]