Nasa images of cosmic catastrophe give glimpse of Earth's ultimate fate
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#R6JK)
Earth's final days are in the distant future, but the the death of a far-off solar system revealed in images from Kepler 2 shows how the world might end
The destruction of a solar system has been captured for the first time by astronomers who said the violent events provide a grim glimpse of Earth's ultimate fate.
Images taken by Nasa's Kepler 2 space mission reveal the rocky remains of a world that is being torn apart as it spirals around a dead star, or white dwarf, in the constellation of Virgo, 570 light years from Earth.
