The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been used by astronomers to detect a planet being devoured by its dying host star, a process similar to the fate of Earth billions of years from now.br br Credits:br International Gemini ObservatoryNOIRLabNSFAURAM. Garlick, ESAHubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), M.Paredes, Kwon O Chul, N.