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A group of physicists say they have figured out why our Sun does not have superflares, like other stars of its type. It’s not that we have just been lucky so far. They say it’s because our solar system’s planets protect us. And that idea, they say, also explains the Sun’s 11 year cycle. Let’s take a look.

Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11207-025-02521-0

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