Lithium Exposes Red Dwarfs Eating Earth-Like Planets

Lithium in six red dwarfs suggests they swallowed rocky, Earth-like planets—not odd stellar chemistry.

Key takeaways

• **Six red dwarfs appear to carry lithium that should have been destroyed inside them, pointing to swallowed rocky planetary material rather than ordinary stellar chemi...
• The finding comes from researchers at Keele University and the University of Exeter, who studied thousands of stars and identified six red dwarfs with unus...
• For MLXIO readers: this is literal planetary matter, not the smart-home Matter standard we cover in pieces like Retro Lighting Turns Smart as Govee Edison Bulb...
• Researchers Found a Lithium Signature That Red Dwarfs Should Not Keep

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