'Winking' star 550 light-years away may be devouring wrecked planets

(University of California - Los Angeles) A team of US astronomers studying the star RZ Piscium -- located about 550 light-years away in the constellation Pisces --has found evidence suggesting its strange, unpredictable dimming episodes may be caused by vast orbiting clouds of gas and dust -- the remains of one or more destroyed planets.