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Keywords:art, astronomy, concept, digital, dwarf, flare, illustration, nasa, photography, planet, print, red, space, star, tiny
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Flaring Red Dwarf Star
A deep survey of more than 200,000 stars in our Milky Way galaxy has unveiled the sometimes petulant behavior of tiny red dwarf stars. These stars, which are smaller than the Sun, can unleash powerful eruptions called flares that may release the energy of more than 100 million atomic bombs.
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