Sun flares

Evidence that our Sun could release ‘superflares’ 1000x greater than previously recorded

December 2, 2015

Could release energy equivalent to a billion megaton bombs, potentially disastrous for life on Earth Astrophysicists have discovered a stellar “superflare” on a star observed by NASA’s Kepler space telescope with wave patterns similar to those that have been observed in the Sun’s solar flares. (Superflares are flares that are thousands of times more powerful than those ever recorded on the Sun, and are frequently observed on some stars.) The … more…