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Record-breaking flare from nearby Proxima Centauri – EarthSky
Astronomers saw Proxima Centauri – the star nearest our sun – emit a flare, or burst of radiation, 100 times more powerful than flares from our sun. They said Proxima’s…
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the largest flare ever seen from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun. Proxima is a red dwarf star, the sort of star known to produce flares. But this flare was 100 times more powerful than any similar flare seen from our sun. Image via NRAO/ S. Dagnello.
As the current sunspot cycle (Cycle 25) revs up, we can expect our sun to become more active in the coming few years. And that means more solar flares, or bursts of radiation on our sun. But the flares…
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