QUESTION Gigantic Stellar Flare Slams Earth's Closest Exoplanet

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Can't help but wonder how common this is. Is our own Sun likely to produce similar types of flares? Any astrophysicts care to respond?

RobCampbell 7

Answer 1

It's like the lottery... one in a <insert outrageously huge number here> chance of it happening during our cosmically short lifetime.


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