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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2023 June 6   
      
                                 Star Eats Planet   
          Illustrative Video Credit: K. Miller & R. Hurt (Caltech, IPAC)   
      
      Explanation: ItCÇÖs the end of a world as we know it. Specifically, the   
      Sun-like star ZTF SLRN-2020 was seen eating one of its own planets.   
      Although many a planet eventually dies by spiraling into their central   
      star, the 2020 event, involving a Jupiter-like planet, was the first   
      time it was seen directly. The star ZTF SLRN-2020 lies about 12,000   
      light years from the Sun toward the constellation of the Eagle   
      (Aquila). In the featured animated illustration of the incident, the   
      gas planet's atmosphere is first pictured being stripped away as it   
      skims along the outskirts of the attracting star. Some of the planet's   
      gas is absorbed into the star's atmosphere, while other gas is expelled   
      into space. By the video's end, the planet is completely engulfed and   
      falls into the star's center, causing the star's outer atmosphere to   
      briefly expand, heat up, and brighten. One day, about eight billion   
      years from now, planet Earth may spiral into our Sun.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: ring galaxy ring   
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