"Our study shows that superflares are rare events. The NASA spacecraft, launched in 2009, seeks out planets circling stars far from Earth.However, it also found something odd about those stars themselves. In rare events, the light from distant stars seemed to get suddenly, and momentarily, brighter.Researchers dubbed those humongous bursts of energy "superflares. The researchers then subjected those rare events to a rigorous statistical analysis.Based on the team's calculations, younger stars tend to produce the most superflares. "Young stars have superflares once every week or so.

Source: Economic Times June 12, 2019 05:37 UTC