written by matt williams, universe today, on december 16th, 2021
what: eruption from star that could be a warning about our star
when: study published on december 9th, 2021
who/where: dr. kosuke namekata, a researcher at kyoto university, the national astronomical observatory of japan (naoj) and the national solar observatory (nso)
researchers from cu boulder’s laboratory for atmospheric and space physics (lasp), the nishi-harima astronomical observatory (nhao), the tokyo institute of technology, the graduate school of advanced integrated studies in human survivability, and multiple universities
co-author yuta notsu (lasp)
interesting fact: the dragon star is much younger than our sun and looks like what the sun would have looked like billions of years ago.
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