Burst star (IMAGE)
Caption
A simulation of the early stages of the process. A hot jupiter planet is pushed to its star too close and starts to evaporate, shedding its outer layers into the surrounding disc. The extra material makes the disc much hotter than before the burst. When the planet loses most of its mass, it is completely destroyed via the spagettification process well known from disruption of stars by supermassive blackholes. Planet demise ends the outburst.
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Credit: Sergei Nayakshin/Vardan Elbakyan, University of Leicester
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