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Zombie star cannibalises planets

StarStuff with Stuart Gary by ABC Science

Oct 28, 201529:58Religion & Spirituality

White dwarf star caught destroying several planets. Also: New Horizons completes the family portrait of the Pluto system, and a supermassive black hole rips an entire star apart.

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