A team of Brazilian astronomers has added a golden page to the history of terrestrial exploration missions by identifying a giant “Death Star” which is swallowing the planets creating hurdles in its orbit. An international team of scientists led by Jorge Melendez at the University of São Paulo in Brazil has found a massive plant-eating ‘Death Star’ which is almost akin to Sun in terms of its dimension. Astronomers while experimenting on the sun, termed as ‘HIP68468’, discovered it destroying the planets coming to its orbiting trail, a discovery that can trigger many hidden secrets of the planetary system of the cosmos.
In an academic journal paper published in ‘Astronomy and Astrophysics,’ scientists stated that the sun or HIP68468’s symphony is indicating towards the aggressive histories of absorbing planets. The co-author of the study, Jacob Bean, an assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, while putting the light in this context, said: “we have found the evidence for the existence of a Sun-like death star that can ingest the planets coming in its way. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that the sun will swallow the Earth or any other planet.”
Taking the statement further, Bean added: “the discovery made by our team is pointing out towards the vicious histories of some planets that might be common for the terrestrial systems, including Earth’s too.”
The unusual and abnormal composition of this newly discovered death star has indicated about the existence of some other such unknown planet in the planetary system. Unlike the non-natural planet-annihilating, Death Star is shown in the famous Hollywood movie “Star Wars,” this natural structure of the planetary system can deliver the scientists information regarding progress and movement of the planetary systems over the years.
The research team from the University of São Paulo, during a multi-year project to discover planets that circle sunlight based twins, detect the star HIP68468, which is located 300 light years away from the earth. During the research, the astronomers found the main planet circling a star rather than the sun in 1995. From that point forward, more than two thousand exoplanets have been distinguished.
As said by another co-author of the study, Megan Bedell, it is quite impossible to draw any conclusion on the basis of a single mission or clue and hence we are taking on the mission forward for more facts and explorations. Megan Bedell is also the lead planet discoverer for this joint venture.