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The Sky & Telescopes

Sun may have swallowed a super-Earth early in its history, study proposes

A new paper suggests planetary engulfment could resolve long-standing discrepancies in solar models.

Theo Anand
Science and Earth
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The Sun may have swallowed a super-Earth-sized planet early in its history, according to a study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Professor Mutlu Yildiz of Ege University in Turkey proposed the idea as a solution to solar-model discrepancies and examined its implications for planetary systems.[2]