Summary:
- Astronomers have discovered a bizarre "runaway planet" that is behaving like a star, consuming an enormous amount of material - up to 6 billion tons per second.
- This planet, named NGTS-10b, is a gas giant exoplanet that is orbiting its host star at an extremely close distance, completing an orbit in just 18 hours.
- The intense gravitational forces and extreme temperatures at this close orbit are causing the planet to rapidly lose mass, with the material being accreted by the host star, making the planet appear to be "eating" itself.