Massive superflares have been seen erupting from stars like the sun

The finding suggests the outburst of stellar energy are more common than scientists thought

superflare illustration

HOT MESS  Scientists have found superflares erupting from older, sunlike stars, not just from young stars (one illustrated with an exoplanet).

NASA, ESA and D. Player/STScI

ST. LOUIS — It isn’t only young stars that spit high-energy superflares.