Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Red Giant Observed Engulfing Its Solar System
Red Giant Observed Engulfing Its Solar System: "An aging red giant star, BP Piscium (BP Psc), appears to be a more evolved version of our Sun, but with a dusty and gaseous disk surrounding it. A pair of jets several light years long blasting out of the system in opposite directions has also been seen in optical data. While the disk and jets are characteristics of a very young star, several clues -- including the new results from Chandra -- suggest that BP Psc is not what it originally appeared to be."
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