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flag Astronomers detected the first confirmed CME from a star beyond our solar system, a powerful explosion from a red dwarf 130 light-years away that could strip exoplanet atmospheres.

flag Astronomers have detected the first confirmed coronal mass ejection (CME) from a star beyond our solar system, a red dwarf named StKM 1-1262, located 130 light-years away. flag The explosion, traveling at 5.3 million mph, was 10,000 to 100,000 times stronger than the most powerful solar CMEs and could strip atmospheres from nearby planets. flag Detected via a type II radio burst using the LOFAR telescope and analyzed with new RIMS software, the event revealed a high-speed plasma outflow. flag The findings, published in Nature, mark a breakthrough in studying extrasolar space weather and its impact on exoplanet habitability.

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