Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

A stellar flare is thought to erupt when magnetic energy built up in the atmosphere of a star is suddenly released as a result of magnetic field lines "snapping" and "reconnecting." This is ...

Scientists using the MeerKAT radio telescope have discovered a unique and previously-unseen flare of radio emission from a binary star in our galaxy. The MeerKAT radio telescope in the Northern Cape ...

Aug. 5, 2024 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher than previously ...

Astronomers have watched as a supermassive black hole enjoying a stellar meal flashed twice in ... The further disruption powers another flare each time the star passes by the black hole.