A white dwarf star has been caught in the middle of consuming a planetary relic, offering fresh clues as to what happens to planetary systems after their star dies.
Three billion years ago, a sun-like star reached the end of its life, throwing off its outer layers following its red giant phase to leave behind its inert core, which we see today as the white dwarf called LSPM J0207+3331, located 145 light-years away. But what happened to its planets?
