Explanation:
ItБs
the end of a world as we know it.
Specifically, the Sun-like star
ZTF SLRN-2020 was seen eating one of its own planets.
Although many a planet eventually dies by spiraling into their central star, the
2020 event, involving a Jupiter-like planet, was the first time it was
seen
directly.
The star ZTF SLRN-2020 lies about 12,000
light years
from the Sun toward the constellation of the Eagle
(Aquila).
In the
featured animated illustration of the incident, the gas planet's atmosphere
is first pictured being stripped away as it skims along the outskirts of the attracting
star.
Some of the planet's gas is absorbed into the star's atmosphere,
while other gas is
expelled into space.
By the video's end, the
planet is completely engulfed and falls into the star's center,
causing the star's outer atmosphere to briefly expand, heat up, and brighten.
One day,
about eight billion years from now, planet
Earth may spiral into our
Sun.
