Our Galaxy has 2 suns! New enormous Superflare spotted just 16 light-years away

Our Galaxy has 2 suns! New enormous Superflare spotted just 16 light-years away

Researchers from Japan were able to detect a massive solar flare from a nearby star. The occurrence of such events is sporadic. Hence it is important to collect information about them in a limited time period. The superflare was released from a star that is almost 16 light-years away from us.

Astronomers from Kyoto University discovered 12 solar flares from a nearby M-type red dwarf star, AD Leonis, one of which was so massive that it was 20 times larger than the flares that the Sun emits. Although solar flares are rather normal for stars, including the Sun, such as superflares are rare and can significantly affect the Earth if such an event was to occur in the Sun.

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