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When a star "dies", it goes through some phases, there one of them is that is grows really big. Planets would presumably be consumed in this process. In any cas
by troels 13y ago
When a star "dies", it goes through some phases, there one of them is that is grows really big. Planets would presumably be consumed in this process. In any case, a star doesn't disappear when it dies. It just ceases burning.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoSome stars explode with such energy that they evaporate. The thermal motion of the gas exceeds the gravitational binding energy. Any outer planets simply drift off into the cosmos.