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Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

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Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...