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‘Earth’s ultimate adios’: Planet spiraling toward sun may give glimpse into Earth’s end

By Brady Knox
Published December 19, 2022 10:04pm ET
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‘Earth’s ultimate adios’: Planet spiraling toward sun may give glimpse into Earth’s end
A distant planet spiraling into its sun may give humanity a glimpse of the Earth’s ultimate end, astronomers found. Kepler 1658b, located 2,600 light years away from Earth, is slowly spiraling toward its aging sun at the rate of 131 milliseconds a year, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The exoplanet, […]

A distant planet spiraling into its sun may give humanity a glimpse of the Earth’s ultimate end, astronomers found.

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