White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets

Signs of the metals that make up Earth’s crust have been seen in the light coming from four dead stars known as white dwarfs, which may have consumed distant planets similar to ours

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264669-white-dwarfs-seen-eating-the-remnants-of-destroyed-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home