Feb 20, 2013 05:06 PM EST
Next-Door Star Alpha Centauri A With Same Cool Phenomenon as Sun
The star Alpha Centauri A in the closest neighboring star system, already regarded a twin of our own sun, was found to have the same strange cool layer in it's atmosphere as well by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. It is the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun, but that is ...