Analysis of data from the Kepler space observatory and ground-based telescopes has led to the detection of one, and possibly several, minor planets that are in a state of disintegration in orbit around a white dwarf star. See Letter p.546
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Faedi, F. A glimpse of Earth's fate. Nature 526, 515–516 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/526515b
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