Weird flare series.

• by Artman40

  In Q15-2 at days 19-21, this star had 4 consecutive flares, each stronger than the last one. What causes that?

  Posted September 19, 2014 8:10 PM

• by firejuggler

  solar storm? we have those locally.

  Posted September 19, 2014 8:56 PM

• by Artman40

  In a magnitude that the Sun's brightness briefly rises by 5%?

  Posted September 19, 2014 10:15 PM

• by mschwamb scientist in response to artman40's comment.

  I'm not sure specifically, but definitely a series of flares nearly one after the other. We're currently showing M dwarfs, and I believe they tend to more active in terms of flares and surface activity than compared to Solar-type stars G dwarfs.

  Cheers ,

  ~Meg

  Posted September 19, 2014 10:34 PM

• by dfischer123 scientist in response to artman40's comment.

  Flares are thought to be connected to magnetic fields on stars. The energy in the magnetic fields can be converted to kinetic energy and acceleration of particles. This happens spontaneously, and the stronger the baseline magnetic field strength, the more likely the star is to exhibit flares! There are astronomers interested in carrying out science with flare stars, so when you mark these stars with #flare, we can extract these interesting targets from the Planet Hunters database.

  Posted September 19, 2014 10:55 PM

• by ajamyajax

  "Powerful Megaflare from Small Star Stuns Scientists (Video, Image)"
  
  http://www.space.com/27319-red-dwarf-megaflares-nasa-swift.html
  
  By Mike Wall, Senior Writer October 02, 2014 07:00am ET

  Posted October 2, 2014 8:47 PM

• by vllctsdrncrm

  im not saying its aliens, but its aliens

  Posted October 12, 2014 7:05 AM