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Gargantuan ‘superflare’ from distant star may have launched one of the strongest solar storms ever seen

A distant red star erupting with a fiery flare that extends far off the star’s surface (Image credit: NAOJ)

Scientists scoping out a star system in the constellation Orion have witnessed one of the most gargantuan and powerful stellar flares ever seen.

Dubbed a “superflare,” the enormous blast of stellar radiation is 10 times more massive than anything ever witnessed erupting from the sun, according to new research published in The Astrophysical Journal (opens in new tab). 

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