Anne D’Aquino and her twin sister, Andrea, started to dream aloud about their ambitions in science as undergraduates at Western Washington University. Several years later, the family is on track to earn two PhDs before the end of the decade. Andrea is pursuing her…
Aurorae aside, Proxima b’s severe space weather doesn’t create the prettiest of pictures, at least to human eyes. “We’ve seen 10 huge flares over the span of a few weeks time,” said Matthews. “We estimate the star has flares which we would consider major…