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Superflares from the Young Red Dwarf Stars
October 26 , 2018
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- By using Hubble Space Telescope, NASA scientists have found that violent flares from the Young Red Dwarf Stars may make planets orbiting it uninhabitable by affecting their atmospheres.
- Hubble is observing such stars through a large programme called HAZMAT (Habitable Zones and M dwarf Activity across Time).
- “M dwarf” is the astronomical term for a red dwarf star.
- The purpose of the HAZMAT program is to help understand the habitability of planets around low-mass stars.
- The word “HAZMAT” describes substances that pose a risk to the environment, or even to life itself.
- The HAZMAT programme is an ultraviolet survey of red dwarfs at three different ages: young, intermediate, and old.
- Red dwarf is the smallest, most abundant and longest-lived type of star in our galaxy.
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