Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Red giant star gives a surprising glimpse of the sun's future

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Astronomers have for the first time observed details on the surface of an aging star with the same mass as the sun. ALMA's images show that the star is a giant, its diameter twice the size of Earth's orbit around the sun, but also that the star's atmosphere is affected by powerful, unexpected shock waves.
via Science Daily
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