It is believed that the universe around us is formed in the Big Bang 14 billion years ago and since then continues to evolve. The sun in this respect no exception, and according to the views of scientists through 5.5 billion years, our light will overcome the next stage of its development, becoming a red giant.

The diameter of the Sun will rise in 128 times, and it will swallow mercury, Venus, and possibly the Earth (the expanding outer layers of our star by the time can discard our native planet in a more distant orbit).

Now it seems like the majority of the Earthmen plot of a science fiction film. But an international team of astronomers from Spain, Poland and the USA found in the depths of space remote system whose star has turned into a red giant and destroyed the nearest planet.

In an article published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters, the researchers describe two signs, testifying about the discovery of a unique phenomenon.

First, by studying the system of the red giant BD+48 740, which is 11 times more Sun and much older than him, specialists came across a heavy planet, the mass of which is 1.6 times the mass of Jupiter, and which has an extraordinarily elongated elliptical orbit.

"We found that the diameter of the orbit of this planet in the narrowest part corresponds approximately to that of Mars, however, far exceeds it in wide parts, - says Andrzej Nizelskii (Andrzej Niedzielski) from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Uniwersytet Miko?aja Kopernika w Toruniu). - This feature is extremely rare".

Because the orbit of the planets influence of gravitational interaction of nearest large objects, scientists believe that it is the absorption of the star of one of the planets of the system has caused changes in the orbit the other. The gravitational effect was so powerful that it forced to roam the planet on eccentric orbit, like a boomerang.

The second sign of the cosmic catastrophes were the results of the analysis of substance composition of the star.

"With spectral analysis of electromagnetic radiation of the red giant BD+48 740 we found that the star contains abnormally high amounts of lithium, a rare element, formed mainly as a result of the Big Bang 14 billion years ago," explains Monica Adams (Monika Adam?w), also working in the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun.

According to the scientist, for billions of years old Li had to burn in the depths of the star, so the most likely explanation of his presence in this case is the impact of a large object, conquered and absorbed by the sun.

Interestingly, this is not the only case when astronomers study the future of the Sun, watching the other stars. So, thanks to the Hubble telescope, scientists have witnessed the death of the Solar system.