9. Cannibalism in Space
Found Year: 1999
NASA is the one who discovered it.
Where: The Lenticular Galaxy
With NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope providing them with further vision, a team of scientists discovered evidence of a horrific galactic event in 1999. The data indicated that the NGC 1316 lenticular galaxy ate tiny star clusters from a long-dead previous galaxy a few billion years ago.
Cannibalism in Space ©Shutterstock/Allexandar
It is estimated that between one-third and one-fifth of all stars in the cosmos that resemble our Sun are cannibalistic. This implies that the planets in their orbit would always be in risk of being engulfed by the star. Fortunately, Earth’s Sun is among the 65% to 75% of stars that essentially leave their planetary systems unaltered.
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