The smudge on the backside of this simulated picture is the remnant of a planet being eaten by its star
Sergei Nayakshin/Vardan Elbakyan, University of Leicester
A planet about six instances the mass of Jupiter has been within the means of being ripped aside, incinerated and devoured by its star for many years. This “extreme evaporation” course of has been predicted to happen and could also be widespread in younger stars, however that is the primary occasion of astronomers having the ability to observe the phenomenon.
A star referred to as FU Orionis, which is about 1200 mild years away, abruptly obtained a whole bunch …