Astronomer proposes jaw-dropping reason why we dont have a super-Earth

Why our solar system missed out on having a super‑Earth, a type of world that teems across the galaxy, has long bugged astronomers.Now, a new study proposes an intriguing explanation: maybe the sun ate it.Mutlu Yildiz, an astronomy professor at Ege University in Turkey, used computer simulations to wind back the clock and study the young sun with and without a swallowed planet to see which version best matches the star we know today. His models that fed the sun a dense, rocky super‑E