First Resolution of a Main Sequence G-Star #Astrosphere Using Chandra: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09613 -> Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/young-sun-caught-blowing-bubbles-by-nasas-chandra/

Young "Sun" Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA's Chandra

This image contains the first “astrosphere,” or wind-blown bubble, that astronomers have captured surrounding a star that is a younger version of our Sun.

https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/astrosphere/

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/John Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS; Optical: NSF/NoirLab/CTIO/DECaPS2; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

#Chandra #ChandraObservatory #Astrophysics #star #astrosphere #HD61005 #astrodon #science #news

Final talk before the afternoon coffee break:

Synthetic Astrosphere Observations: The Intricate Role of Interstellar Dust

Our presenter is Lennart Baalmann.

#BadHonnef23 #astronomy #astrosphere #dust #interstellar