For the first time, astronomers have watched a nearby star hurl an enormous burst of charged material into space, an explosion so powerful it could strip nearby planets of their atmospheres.
The blast, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), was detected using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton space observatory and the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, according to a new study from researchers from across Europe.
