35 light-years out, in the constellation Boötes, a star smaller and cooler than our Sun blasts 95GHz flare emissions 10,00x brighter than our star. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has observed “continuously active,” storms which would scald communications satellites orbiting any planet and, moreover, prevent biology from evolving.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks / mash mix: Space.com
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