Can we create a shield to protect Earth from solar storms?
A space-based system could help deflect potentially catastrophic interplanetary weather
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Evidence for a ‘forbidden range’ of black hole masses emerges in gravitational wave observations
Stars in this range may form a long-predicted type of supernova instead
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Solar storms could be forecast by monitoring cosmic rays
Forbush decrease effect is tracked between the Sun and Earth
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Astronomers observe a coronal mass ejection from a distant star
Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for the search for extraterrestrial life
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Plasma bursts from young stars could shed light on the early life of the Sun
New multi-temperature coronal mass ejection observations might help us better understand how life emerged and evolved on Earth
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Young rogue planet grows like a star
Telescope observations reveal material accreting onto the planet Cha1107-7626 in a way that resembles the infancy of stars
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Laser-driven implosion could produce megatesla magnetic fields
Simulations of improved technique generate fields as strong as those found near neutron stars
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Too-close exoplanet triggers flares from host star
New observations are the first direct evidence of planets influencing their stars rather than just passively orbiting them
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Astronomers observe the biggest booms since the Big Bang
"Extreme nuclear transients" from tidally disrupted heavy stars release more energy than 100 supernovae
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Short-lived eclipsing binary pulsar spotted in Milky Way
Rare sighting could allow astronomers to test theories of binary star systems
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