Proxima Centauri Exhibits Extreme Flaring Activity, New ALMA Observations Show

Proxima Centauri Exhibits Extreme Flaring Activity, New ALMA Observations Show
An artist’s conception of a violent stellar flare from Proxima Centauri. Image credit: S. Dagnello, NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Proxima Centauri’s flaring activity has been well known to astronomers using visible wavelengths, but new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) highlight the star’s extreme activity at radio and millimeter wavelengths.

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 Proxima Centauri’s flaring activity has been well known to astronomers using visible wavelengths, but new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) highlight the star’s extreme activity at radio and millimeter wavelengths.
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