First Coronal Mass Ejection Spotted From Distant Star

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The Sun is not the only star to experience solar flares, researchers say after observing the first such coronal mass ejection (CME) from a star 130 light years away. Astronomers operating the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton observatory and the Low Frequency Array radio telescope observed...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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