Amid much excitement in 2016, astronomers revealed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet around the star closest to our Sun, Proxima Centauri. This exoplanet, just 4.2 light years from Earth, was close enough to its red dwarf star that water might well exist on its surface.
Alas, now we know that life probably does not live on the planet, at least not on the surface. In March 2016, astronomers using an array of telescopes known as Evryscope observed a "superflare" 10 times larger than any previous one detected from the red dwarf star.
The arXiv. Abstract number: 1804.02001 (About the arXiv). Submitted to AAS Journals.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Bobs on Wednesday April 11 2018, @08:58PM (1 child)
So, does this mean the kill bots took out the neighbors and are on their way here next?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Thexalon on Thursday April 12 2018, @03:07AM
No, but it does mean that somebody really hated the local planning department office of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. Probably with good reason. Serves 'em right sending the Vogon destruction fleet after the wrong planet.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.