Scientists discover sun-like stars produce superflares every 100 years

The sun, our temperamental star, is known for its powerful solar storms. These storms can cause dazzling auroras and even disrupt technology on Earth. But could the sun produce even more extreme outbursts? A new study suggests it’s possible and that stars similar to our sun may release superflares—enormous bursts of energy—roughly once every century. […]

Scientists find how often sun-like stars emit 'superflares.' It shocked them.

mashable.com - 12/Dec 19:00

"We were shocked by the high frequency." Our sun regularly shoots out solar flares — explosions of light and radiation from its surface — into...

Scientists discover first binary star near Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

knowridge.com - 11:50

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. For the first time,...

Solar superflares like atomic bombs to hit Earth

times of india - 16/Dec 16:25

Solar superflares are incredibly large energy surges from the Sun, and scientists are gradually becoming worried about them more. Previously, they...

Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

rawstory.com - 18/Dec 11:37

Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? The idea of settling the red planet has been around for...

The Moon might be older than scientists previously thought

rawstory.com - 19/Dec 12:19

A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case, it was the start of an idea that...

Scientists find 2 stars 'thriving' on the brink of a giant black hole

mashable.com - 19/Dec 10:30

Could this duo host planets? Just on the outskirts of a supermassive black hole roughly 4 million times more massive than the sun, a pair of stars...

Dead stars reveal secrets of extreme gravity and dark matter

knowridge.com - 19/Dec 11:30

Scientists have confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in dying stars called white dwarfs: hotter white dwarfs are slightly puffier than cooler...