Our Nearest Neighboring Star Emits Record-Breaking Stellar Flare

Artist’s conception of the violent stellar flare from Proxima Centauri discovered by scientists in 2019 using nine telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum, including the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Powerful flares eject from Proxima Centauri with regularity, impacting the star’s planets almost daily. S. Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF A team of astronomers has observed the largest ever…