Small star, mighty flares: ALMA shares new view of Proxima Centauri

Revealing Proxima Centauri's Extreme Flares

In this age of exoplanet discovery, the flaring of red dwarf stars (M-dwarfs) has taken on new importance. M-dwarfs are known to host many terrestrial planets in their putative habitable zones. The problem is the flaring could make their habitable zones uninhabitable.

The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life

Proxima Centauri, the sun's closest neighbor, likely destroys any chance of an atmosphere around the closest Earth-like exoplanet, a new study finds.

Small star, mighty flares: ALMA shares new view of Proxima Centauri

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very active M dwarf star. Its flare activity has been well-known to astronomers using visible wavelengths of light, but a new study using observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) array highlights this star's extreme activity in radio and millimeter wavelengths, offering exciting insights about the pa…

ALMA Shares A New View of Proxima Centauri - Astrobiology

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very active M dwarf star. Its flare activity has been well known to astronomers using visible wavelengths of light, but a new study using observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) array […] The post ALMA Shares A New View of Proxima Centauri appeared first on Astrobiology.

Small star, mighty flares: ALMA shares new view of Proxima Centauri - Tech and Science Post

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very active M dwarf star. Its flare activity has been well-known to astronomers using visible wavelengths of light, but a new study using observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) array highlights this star’s extreme activity in radio and millimeter wavelengths, offering exciting insights about the pa…

New View Of Proxima Centauri - Small Star And Mighty Flares

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Proxima Centauri, just over four light years away, is our nearest stellar neighbor and a very active M dwarf star. Its flare activity is well known to astronomers using visible light wavelengths. Artist’s concept of a stellar flare from Proxima Centauri. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/S. Dagnello However, a new study […]