Sun- like stars that eat Earth-like planets?

Jess Kelly

Earth Science C-Odd

Sun-like stars that eat Earth-like planets? 

Scientist's have recently discovered two twin stars that were chemically composed of materials made to ingest planets like Earth, Venus, and Mars. As the star was in the early stages of its life, it ingested large amounts of terrestrial rock causing it to the two twin stars to develop their own planets. These two stars are in high in metallicity, and a recent study in the mid 1990sproved that stars with high levels of metallicity were likely to develop their own plants. Another study showed that hot Jupiter-sized  planets were found circling stars of high metallicity. These stars shared 15 specific elements that the Sun also shared. They also shared similar melting points of 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit to Earth-like planets. They are both G-class dwarf planets just like the Sun. The discovered that both of the stars would have had to have ingested 10-20 earth massed terrestrial rocks to have their chemical composition and be able to eat Earth-like planets. It is still a mystery as too how stars are able to form their own planets, and why they are able to ingest terrestrial rock, but eventually science will be able to uncover the answer.

Citation: 

Vanderbilt University. "Analyzing sun-like stars that eat Earth-like planets." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 May 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140519215039.htm>.