**The Star That Eats Planets**

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Stars [music] do not live forever.

[00:00:03]As some stars age, they [music] begin to expand into enormous red giants.

[00:00:09]During [music] this phase, nearby planets can be swallowed completely.

[00:00:14]One example may already have been observed by astronomers. [music] A distant star brightens suddenly before fading again.

[00:00:23]Scientists [music] believe a giant planet spiraled inward and fell into the star itself.

[00:00:29]As the planet [music] descended, its atmosphere was stripped away by extreme heat and gravity.

[00:00:35]The final [music] impact released a massive burst of energy visible across space.

[00:00:40]In billions of years, our own sun will also become [music] a red giant.

[00:00:45]Its outer layers will expand far beyond their current size.

[00:00:49]Mercury and Venus will almost [music] certainly disappear. Earth may also be consumed. Oceans would evaporate long before [music] the final moment. The sky would glow red as the sun fills more and more of the horizon.

[00:01:04]Eventually, the planet itself [music] could vanish inside the dying star.

[00:01:08]Even entire worlds are not permanent in the universe.