Scientists have discovered a shard of a planet that survived the death of its star and TESS has found the first direct evidence of an exocomet.
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Sources:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.02163.pdf
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uow-hmp040119.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/white-dwarf-fragment.html
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.11071.pdf
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-new-planet-hunter-has-detected-its-first-exocomet-orbiting-an-alien-star
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1432/eso1432a.pdf
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/04/04/tess-exocomet-brightest-star/#.XKjxvVNKiRt
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/482/4/5587/5173081
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Images:
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/197160.php
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20272
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emission_spectrum-Fe.svg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13022
https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA20698.html
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1432a/
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