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The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence

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The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence
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Our star and primary energy source that makes life on this planet possible may also be a cosmic cannibal. That's according to new research that suggests the sun may have swallowed a super-Earth planet billions of years ago in its early history. And our star may still be hiding the evidence.The scientists behind this research think that the fingerprints of this violent consumption of a planet may still exist within the solar interior. Super-Earths are common occupants of other planetary systems,

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