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Cfredit: Everyscope
1 posted on 04/10/2018 3:24:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

So that’s why I haven’t heard from my Centauri pen pal in a couple of years.


2 posted on 04/10/2018 3:26:33 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

” 316,227,766,000 petajoules (316,227 petawatts)”

This makes no sense.

Anyone have any idea what it means?

316,227 petawatts for a million seconds?


3 posted on 04/10/2018 3:31:08 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: BenLurkin

These types of red dwarf flares normally last only a few minutes. The peak brilliance quoted (x68) probably lasted less than 30 seconds.


4 posted on 04/10/2018 3:33:34 PM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Gutless Old Party)
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To: BenLurkin

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5600799/Mammoth-solar-flare-Earth-like-exoplanet-Proxima-b-spell-doom-life-star.html


6 posted on 04/10/2018 3:39:25 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: BenLurkin

This is why it’s useless to search for livable planets around red dwarfs.....too many flares that will fry anything in the Goldilocks zone.


11 posted on 04/10/2018 3:57:38 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: BenLurkin

Old news. Happened four years ago! ;^)


16 posted on 04/10/2018 4:40:50 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: BenLurkin
Proxima Centauri is just 4.2 light years away

When the flare originally took place two years ago it was detected by the Evryscope

Maybe the politically correct editors at Popular Mechanics could learn how to edit - flare travelled at twice the speed of light? lol

30 posted on 04/12/2018 10:05:14 AM PDT by eldoradude (Keep calm...we'll get to the carrion part later.)
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To: BenLurkin
Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, recently burst forth with one of the most powerful flares ever seen for a star its size.

That's gonna take a lot of Preparation H

32 posted on 04/12/2018 11:57:19 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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