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Astronomers Suggest the Sun May Have Devoured a Super‑Earth in Its Early Years
Panel led by Professor Mutlu Yildiz argues that a massive planet, once the ninth planet in the solar system, was absorbed by the Sun, explaining the Sun's low lithium abundance and internal structure discrepancies. The study provides a potential resolution to the mystery of missing super‑Earths in the Solar System and combines helioseismic data with solar evolution models to support the theory.
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