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Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last

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Astronomers finally found a coronal mass ejection from a distant star after searching through 100 years of stellar data.
This episode covers the first confirmed detection of a coronal mass ejection from a distant star, using radio data from the LOFAR telescope, and discusses its implications for exoplanet habitability. It also explores new genetic research linking rare variants to ADHD and includes segments on Roman road mapping and multilingualism's effects on brain aging.

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This Nature Podcast episode follows a faint astronomical clue into a clear account of how scientists build a case. It starts with the 1859 solar storm benchmark, then moves to a distant star whose periodic dimming leads researchers to favor 24 comet-sized bodies over a single…

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A star's light reveals 24 comets, then the genetics of ADHD takes over.

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