Ageing stars are surprisingly efficient at destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, suggests a new study by Dr Edward Bryant @embryantastro.bsky.social and Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social looking at nearly half a million post-main sequence stars using NASA's TESS satellite

A study led by CPS colleagues Dr Ed Bryant (now @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social) and Associate Professor in Exoplanets, Dr Vincent Van Eylen at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory @uclmaps.bsky.social ☀️🪐

The ageing of host stars can be catastrophic for planets! Our new research into this planet population shows that the evolution of stars causes giant planets to spiral into their host stars and be destroyed. Check out the press release below and paper (published in MNRAS today!) for more