Massive flare seen on the closest star to the solar system: What it means for chances of alien neighbors
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick ONeill Riley This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article, which was published May 3, 2021. The Sun isn’t the only star to produce stellar flares. On April 21, 2021, a team of astronomers published new research describing the brightest flare ever measured from Proxima Centauri in ultraviolet light. To learn about this extraordinary event – and what it might mean for any life on the planet...
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