XMM Newton Catches a Tiny Flare Star in Action
- Fri 06 Mar 2020 05:28:PM
Sometimes, even small stars can pack a mighty punch. And in the case of a flare star, the results can be awesome. Very awesome. Astronomers uncovered just such an anomaly recently, culling through data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory: the first X-ray flare from a distant cool L-dwarf type star. Said …
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