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The stars that team up to push planets to their death

One member of a stellar pair nudges planets towards its partner, which rips apart or swallows its victims.
Artist's concept showing planet KELT-9b orbiting its host star, KELT-9.

The exoplanet KELT-9b is a ‘hot Jupiter’ at risk of destruction by its star (artist’s impression). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Stars of a certain kind destroy most of their Jupiter-sized planets, simulations suggest.

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Nature 561, 153 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06174-x

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