First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by
Its Star

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 21 August 2012 09:17:01 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2012
The first evidence of a planet's destruction by its aging star has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. The evidence indicates that the missing planet was devoured as the star began expanding into a "red giant" - the stellar equivalent of advanced age. "A similar fate may await the inner planets in our solar system, when the Sun becomes a red giant and expands all the w

Read The Full Article:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_Evidence_Discovered_of_Planets_Destructio
n_by_Its_Star_999.html