Astronomers capture moment distant planet was swallowed by star

That's only a spoiler if you don't really know how big space is, how far away other stuff is, etc.

For fun, you could try to do some calculations on what kind of lens / focal length / field of vision you'd need to get an image of something 12,000 light years away, eg using the calculator at https://www.kowa-lenses.com/en/lens-calculator.