Stars enter the old age phase in an inflated form of an infrared giant, cutting off any material, including planets, encountered on their “expanding” path. In a paper published on 3 May in the Natural Journal, American scientists announced that they had observed for the first time the stars to annex the planet. Previously, scientists had only observed signs before and shortly after the perseverance of the planet. The members of the research team, drawn from institutions such as the Massachuse...