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Roselyne Min

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Astronomers spot first giant star eruption beyond the solar system - Caught on Camera

For the first time, astronomers have watched a nearby star hurl an enormous burst of charged material into space, an explosion so powerful it could strip nearby planets of their atmospheres.

The blast, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), was detected using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton space observatory and the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, according to a new study from researchers from across Europe.

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