Auroras Are Beautiful But This One Can Delete An Entire Planet Like Earth

In a recent development, and for the very first time, the astronomers have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was identical to those triggered by our sun that fill the night skies with auroras. But this one was on a humongous level as compared to what we get to see on Earth. And yes, being beautiful was not its priority - being dangerous was. Instead of filling the sky with colorful northern lights, this explosion possibly has a catastrophic effect on nearby planets, as mentioned in new research. A coronal mass ejection or CME was the cause behind the same. For your information, this phenomenon is a huge cloud of ionized gas, dubbed plasma and magnetic fields that erupt from the outer atmosphere

of the Sun.

Details About The Explosion

If this kind of outbursts reaches the Earth's atmosphere, then it could cause considerable disturbances in space weather and magnetic field of the planet. While creating scenic auroras at the poles, these events can cause major issues in the power grid, satellite operations, and communications. In a study published in the journal Nature suggested that this is the first time that the researchers have been able to detect CME release from another star. As for the star, it is named StKM 1-1262, which is a red dwarf and about 130 light-years away from Earth. As for the storm, it launched at a pace of 5.3 million miles per hour. This kind of speed if found only in one out of 2000 CMEs released from our sun.Also Read: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS To Make Rare Appearance On Livestream Tonight: When And Where To Watch Live Study Co-author Cyril Tasse said, 'The star behaves like an extremely magnetized, boiling bucket of plasma. This burst is 10 to 100 thousand times more powerful than the strongest the sun can produce.'The researchers spotted the radio signal while using a new analytic software to sift across a survey of the sky that was conducted by the Low Frequency Array radio telescope. Lead Study author Dr Joe Callingham said, 'This kind of radio signal just wouldn’t exist unless material had completely left the star’s bubble of powerful magnetism. In other words, it’s caused by a CME.'