Superflare: Sun could release flares 1000x greater than previously recorded
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 11:15
in Astronomy & Space
The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, new research into stellar flaring suggests. New research has found a stellar superflare on a star observed by NASA's Kepler space telescope with wave patterns similar to those that have been observed in solar flares. Superflares are thousands of times more powerful than those ever recorded on the Sun, and are frequently observed on some stars.