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CBC | Astronomers surprised to find a star similar to our sun devouring the atmosphere of a giant planet

Published: 10 December 2019

Eve Lee, an assistant professor in McGill University's physics department, is intrigued by the findings. "It tells us about the future possibility of how our solar system will look," she said. It also sheds light on different stellar systems and their possible planets. "We know stars evolve and they come in many different varieties," Lee said. "It is interesting to look at what is the evolution of the planet in tandem with the evolution of the star."

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