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Yes, "Earth-like" caught my attention too because red dwarfs are flare stars. I wanted to check my facts before commenting which led me down the rabbit hole of
by BMc2020 5y ago
Yes, "Earth-like" caught my attention too because red dwarfs are flare stars. I wanted to check my facts before commenting which led me down the rabbit hole of the history of Proximas flare activity, which is quite interesting.
Fun fact: Go outside on a clear night, and you can see 5-10,000 stars. There are 8 times that many red dwarfs in your field of view, and none of them are visible to the naked eye. But in 2016 Proxima was for a few minutes.
In March 2016 we saw a superflare: Proxima briefly became nearly a factor of 100 brighter, reaching a brightness just visible to the naked eye from dark sites.