The mouse that roared: pipsqueak star unleashes monster flare
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 11:56
in Astronomy & Space
On April 25, NASA`s Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun. The flare, an explosive release of energy from a star, packed the power of thousands of solar flares. It would have been visible to the naked eye if the star had been easily observable in the night sky at the time.