Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away - Phys.org
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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 star can pull the planet in and swallow it whole.
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