MIT Researchers Predict Earth's Terrifying Demise

Scientists from MIT, Harvard University, Caltech, and other institutions have witnessed a planet crashing into its own dying star, offering a rare glimpse into the dynamic and violent processes at the center of dying stars. The incident was observed using multiple telescopes, including NASA's NEOWISE mission, and the discovery offers a deeper understanding of how planets form, evolve, and are ultimately destroyed. The event was like "seeing the future of the Earth," according to Kishalay De, a postdoc at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research who worked on the team that made the discovery.