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Star TOI-5882 Devours Planet; Brown Dwarf Soon to Follow

7/10/2026

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Astronomers observed that star TOI-5882, 1,300 light-years away, shows chemical signatures of having engulfed a planet.
A brown dwarf of about 22 Jupiter masses orbiting the star likely disrupted the planet’s orbit before it was consumed.
A second study predicts the brown dwarf will later be swallowed by TOI-5882, possibly sooner than expected.
The findings were reported in The Astrophysical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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Story summary

Astronomers observed that star TOI-5882, 1,300 light-years away, shows chemical signatures of having engulfed a planet.
A brown dwarf of about 22 Jupiter masses orbiting the star likely disrupted the planet’s orbit before it was consumed.
A second study predicts the brown dwarf will later be swallowed by TOI-5882, possibly sooner than expected.
The findings were reported in The Astrophysical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.