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X-Ray Eyes Reveal Hidden Winds of Sun-Like Stars for the First Time


Astrophysicists Quantify the Mass Loss of Stars via Their Stellar Winds An international research team led by a researcher from the University of Vienna has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres, and plac

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