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Powerful Solar Flares Found at TRAPPIST-1 Could Dim Chances for Life

Accepted submission by takyon at 2017-04-05 17:55:26
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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

The red dwarf strikes again [wikipedia.org] with 42 observed solar flares. NASA and ESO announced the discovery of three potentially habitable Earth-like exoplanets [soylentnews.org] in the TRAPPIST-1 [wikipedia.org] system back in February. Astronomers analyzing data from the Kepler space telescope have observed energetic solar flares [phys.org] which they believe could make it less likely that the TRAPPIST-1 system could host life.

Frequent flaring in the TRAPPIST-1 system - unsuited for life? [arxiv.org] (arXiv:1703.10130)

Related: Probability of CME Impact on Exoplanets Orbiting M Dwarfs and Solar-like Stars [harvard.edu] (DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/195) (DX [doi.org])

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