Massive stellar flare may have fried Earth’s nearest exoplanet
The radiation explosion from Proxima Centauri has scorched hopes for habitability nearby
TEMPER TANTRUM Proxima Centauri released a gigantic flare on March 24, 2017, fizzling hopes that this nearby star’s Earth-mass planet is habitable.
Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science, SDO/NASA, JPL/NASA
Proxima Centauri has a temper.