Star Ingesting Rocky Planet (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

Star Ingesting Rocky Planet

Caption

This is an artist's conception of a rocky planet being pushed into its star by the gravitational force of a gas giant.

Credit

Keith Wood, Vanderbilt University

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