Open AccessRecord-Setting Flare Spotted on the Nearest Star to the Sun
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo158820
Subject(s) - star (game theory) , flare , solar flare , astrophysics , astronomy , physics
Proxima Centauri recently let loose a blast of radiation, and ground- and space-based telescopes detected the record-setting event at wavelengths ranging from radio to the ultraviolet.