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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope find that a mysterious brightening from a distant star was actually a planetary death spiral

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NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope gave a cosmic mystery a serious plot twist.

A sudden brightening from a star about 12,000 light-years away was initially chalked up to the star swelling into a red giant and engulfing a nearby planet.

The star, ZTF SLRN-2020 , wasn’t puffing up like a balloon—it appeared calm.

Instead, the planet was doomed by a slow orbital death spiral.

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