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For those of us who aren't astronomers, what does "episodic mass loss" mean?
by martincmartin 7y ago
For those of us who aren't astronomers, what does "episodic mass loss" mean?
- Sharlin 7y agoA large ejection of matter. A sort of an ultra-flare [1], presumably caused by some sort of a massive reconfiguration of the star's magnetic field. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_flare