Now, this same black hole is once again captivating scientists with an extraordinary gamma-ray flare that’s emitted photons hundreds of billions of times more powerful than visible light.

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Aug. 5, 2024 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far ... it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from ...

When Sgr A* feeds on this material, it emits X-ray flares that propagate outwards in all directions. These flares interact with molecular clouds—gas clouds where stars form—in our galaxy's ...

Staff of the Ionosphere and Radio-Astronomy Section of the Netherlands Postal and Telecommunications Services. The Cosmic Ray Flare on November 12, 1960, and Solar Activity during the Period ...

No flare was detected during the X-ray observations, likely because this particular flare didn't accelerate electrons to energies as high as some other flares do. But the team was successful when ...