Dwarf star explosion 10,000 times more powerful than the Sun's CME detected

New research confirms a giant explosion from an alien dwarf star, opening a new era in the study of space weather and cosmic phenomena.

A powerful explosion detected from a dwarf star was powerful enough to blast away the atmosphere of any Earth-like planets that might be lurking nearby, according to new research published in the journal Nature on November 12. Image: D. Ducros; ESA/XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Solar storms often produce giant eruptions – called coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – that can disrupt satellites as they approach Earth and create dazzling auroras. Researchers have confirmed the first CME from a star outside the Sun. Image: Olena Shmahalo/Callingham et al.

A powerful storm has sent auroras as far south as Tennessee, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The auroras have also been spotted in New Zealand, with further growth expected overnight. Photo: Daniëlle Futselaar (artsource.nl).

The discovery was made using data from LOFAR, a European network of telescopes that records radio signals. Since 2016, the research team has been using LOFAR to track extreme cosmic events such as steady emissions from black holes. Photo: NASA.

Thanks to a data processing system that recorded background signals, the research team unexpectedly discovered a powerful explosion lasting only 1 minute on May 16, 2016, emitted from the red dwarf star StKM 1-1262, more than 133 light-years from Earth. Analysis showed that this was a coronal mass ejection - the first stellar storm discovered outside the Sun. Photo: NASA.

The researchers said the explosion was “at least 10,000 times more powerful” than known solar storms. The discovery is a major breakthrough in the field of “space weather” research in other star systems. Photo: sea.mashable.com.

To observe more CMEs outside the Solar System, the team is looking to the Square Kilometer Array - the world's largest radio telescope project under construction in Australia and South Africa, expected to be completed in 2030. Photo: Pixabay.

Readers are invited to watch the video : Universe map with more than 900,000 stars, galaxies and black holes. Source: THĐT1.

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