Swirling star bubbles offer a glimpse of the Sun's future

• 成果类型: News Item
• 署名作者: Paladini, Claudia
• 署名单位: European Southern Observatory
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-5661
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-02663-4
• 发表日期: 2024-09-12
• 页码: 288-289
• 关键词: convection; surface; granulation

摘要

A powerful telescope array has imaged the surface of a star called R Doradus. The observations will help astronomers to understand the fluid dynamics of evolved giant stars - a type of star that the Sun will eventually become.