US EditionAstronomers spot storm on another star for first time
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An international team of astronomers has detected for the first time an ejection of material from a star into space; the explosion was so powerful that it would have ripped off the atmosphere of any planet on its trajectory, details a study published this Wednesday in Nature magazine. Coronal mass ejections (CME) are explosions that we often see happen in the Sun and in which the star ejects huge amounts of material into the surrounding space (f…
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Astronomers spot storm on another star for first time
Astronomers revealed Wednesday they have detected a storm on a star other than our Sun for the first time, discovering an explosion so violent it could have stripped away the atmosphere of any planets unlucky enough to be nearby.
For the first time, an international team observed a magnetic storm on a star other than the Sun. It was so violent that no nearby planet could have survived it.
Astronomers have for the first time detected a stellar storm occurring on a star other than the Sun, with an explosion 10,000 times more powerful than a solar storm.
Stellar Flare! First CME Seen on Distant Star
Archyde Beyond Our Sun: How the First Distant CME Detection Signals a New Era of Space Weather Awareness Imagine a world where predicting catastrophic space weather events isn’t limited to monitoring… You can read the full story here: Stellar Flare! First CME Seen on Distant Star.
It is studied how the star explosion affects the planets orbiting active stars to understand the limits of life outside the Earth.
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