Kepler Discovers a Planetary Object Being Vaporized by a White Dwarf

Using the repurposed Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star. This new discovery validates a long-held theory that white dwarfs are capable of cannibalizing possible remnant planets that have survived within its solar system. “We are for the first […]
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