Observations of BZ Cam and Mira Astrospheres (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Observations of BZ Cam and Mira Astrospheres

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To understand the potential habitability of exoplanets, it can help scientists to know if our heliosphere more closely resembles the relatively shortened astrosphere of BZ Cam (left), the long astrosphere of Mira (right), or has another shape entirely.

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NASA/Casalegno/GALEX

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