By A Mystery Man Writer
The mature sun may still be prone to temper tantrums. A new study suggests that older stars like the sun can produce superflares: huge bursts of energy visible across hundreds of light-years.
What if the Carrington Event, the largest solar storm ever recorded, happened today?
The Sun Could Hurl Powerful Storms at Earth From its Goofy Smile - Universe Today
What Are Starspots Like on Sun-like Stars? - AAS Nova
Extreme Solar Events: Setting up a Paradigm
Solar 'Superflares' Rocked Earth Less Than 10,000 Years Ago--and Could Strike Again
Superflares' erupt on some Sun-like stars
Star EK Draconis had an enormous coronal mass ejection
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NASA's Swift Mission Observes Mega Flares from a Mini Star - NASA
Simulated stellar wind environment for the Proxima Cen system.