http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/one-third-sun-stars-may-have-eaten-their-planets

An artist’s concept of a planet being eaten by its parent star. 

Like the Greek god Chronos, a good number of stars devour their children. As many as one-third of them have swallowed one or more of their own planets, a new study suggests. The findings could help astronomers rule out stellar systems unlikely to contain Earth-like worlds.