Red giant spiral-shaped winds (IMAGE)
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Thanks to new observations from the ALMA telescope in Chile, it became clear that the stellar wind of this red giant forms a spiral. This is an indirect indication that the star is not alone, but part of a binary star.
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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Decin <em>et al.</em>
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