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Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away

Source: Phys.org · Published

Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away

Like Earth, most planetary bodies circle their star in stable, detached orbits. These companionable systems can suddenly change when a planet comes too close to its star. In such a close encounter, a…

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