Thursday, 12 October 2017

Devourer of planets? Astronomers dub star 'Kronos'

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'Kronos' is enhanced in metals and other rock-forming elements but not in volatiles, prompting a team of researchers to conclude that it absorbed as much as 15 Earth masses worth of rocky planets. Its twin, 'Krios,' does not show this unusual pattern of enhancement.
via Science Daily
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