Rocky remains of Red Giants Last meal spotted

Two hot rocks and their flaky white dwarf

As the poster at arstechnia says this is fascinating stuff and i hope it remains so for a very long time.

Astronomers find a star system where a red giant appears to have swallowed two Jupiter-like planets, then later spit out their cores, which now orbit as small, rocky planets.

via Remains of gas giants, swallowed by red giant star, now orbit as small planets.

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