Massive stellar flare may have fried Earth’s nearest exoplanet

in #stellar8 years ago

Proxima Centauri has a temper. Earth’s nearest planet-hosting neighbor released a gigantic flare in March 2017, a new analysis of observations of the star shows. And that’s bad news for the potential for life on the star’s planet, Proxima b.

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