Energetic superflare with the power of 80 billion megatonnes of TNT erupts from tiny star

Astronomers have discovered a rare superflare more powerful than anything observed on our Sun in modern times, erupting from a small, cold star roughly the size of the planet Jupiter. While the effects of such a superflare would be devastating to our technology dependent society, it could help kickstart the evolution of life on distant alien worlds.

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Category: Space

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• Brown dwarf
• Stars
• Sun

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