London, Jan 19 : A new research has indicated that stars can slow down their aging process by consuming Jupiter-sized planets.
According to a report in New Scientist, most stars eventually become
white dwarfs, but along the way expand into red giants, while their
cores shrink and undergo a short but intense phase of helium fusion.
“Yet gobbling up a Jupiter-sized planet as they expand can affect that
process,” said Brad Hansen at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Calculations by Hansen suggest that if the planet is swallowed at the