May 4, 2023
An infrared transient from a star engulfing a planet
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: space
Observations of ZTF SLRN-2020, a short-lived optical outburst in the Galactic disk accompanied by bright, long-lived infrared emission, show that the resulting light curve and spectra are consistent with the signatures of a planet being engulfed by its host star.