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Proxima Centauri, like many M class red dwarfs, is a [[flare star]] that may brighten suddenly to many times its normal luminosity.  Visual evidence of such flare activity occurred from May to August 1995 when several fares were recorded<ref>http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~astronom/obs96/node26.html</ref><ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/268/5215/1327</ref>.

Proxima Centauri, like many M class red dwarfs, is a [[flare star]] that may brighten suddenly to many times its normal luminosity.  Visual evidence of such flare activity occurred from May to August 1995 when several fares were recorded<ref>http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~astronom/obs96/node26.html</ref><ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/268/5215/1327</ref>.

Thus far, the search for substellar companions orbiting Proxima Centauri have yielded no results, more precise instruments would be required to find an Earth sized world. Due to the star's extremely small [[habitable zone]] and the sudden increase in electromagnetic radiation from occasional flares, scientists debate if a life-baring planet could exist there at all<ref>http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2006.0124</ref>.

Thus far, the search for substellar companions orbiting Proxima Centauri have yielded no results, more precise instruments would be required to find an Earth sized world. Due to the star's extremely small [[habitable zone]] and the sudden increase in electromagnetic radiation from occasional flares, scientists debate if a life-bearing planet could exist there at all<ref>http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2006.0124</ref>.

[[Category:Astronomy]]

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