Astronomers record a super flare of a young star

American astronomers have recorded a super flare on a young star that has become a hundred times brighter in just a few hours.

Solar flare provides insight into how planets are formed - Space Connect Online

A Solar Flare '10 Billion Times More Powerful' Than Earth's Sun Blasted Out of Orion's Sword

Comet ISON Hosted A Rare Kind Of Nitrogen, Hinting At Reservoirs In Young Solar System - Universe Today

The Give and Take of Mega-Flares From Stars - NASA

World's Most Powerful Planet Finder Turns its Eye to the Sky - Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets

Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets

SAO Astronomy News: Semester 1, 2005

Flare On Proxima Centauri Breaks Records - Astrobiology

The Biggest Explosion in the Cosmos Just Keeps Going - The New York Times

Massive solar flare erupts from sun, may bring northern lights to New England - CBS Boston

Enormous solar flare struck Earth this week, but what does this mean? •

The Sun isn't a typical star in the Universe - Big Think