water-cooler conversation at Proxima Sales since early reviews made the planet sound like a pretty good bet for eventual habitation. Okay, perhaps it was never as close to hosting an AirBnB as we all liked to imagine but today's news is genuine cold water thrown on our team's favorite space travel destination.
Via Mashable we learned today:
The closest planet to Earth outside of our solar system might not be a place you'd want to visit.
Researchers have found that the planet — called Proxima b — was likely bathed in radiation after its host star (comparable to our sun), Proxima Centauri, emitted a huge flare last March.
“March 24, 2017 was no ordinary day for Proxima Centauri,” Meredith MacGregor, the lead author of the new study detailing the flare said in a statement.
The statement about Proxima reviews in detail the massive radiation flare that occurred on March 17, 2017. Described as, "an energetic explosion of radiation—from the closest star to our own Sun, Proxima Centauri, which occurred last March. This finding, published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, raises questions about the habitability of our Solar System’s nearest exoplanetary neighbor, Proxima b, which orbits Proxima Centauri.
Proxima Sales reviews of Mobile World Congress sessions and participation in client product announcements on opening day, today, were not impacted in any way by the news that our mascot planet might not be such a great destination for vacation or relocation after all.
Our teams, scattered across our current planet this week, for MWC, TechAdvantage, the CUNA Governmental affairs confab, and several other industry meetings have agreed to create a special award to commemorate the latest science news, The Flare, will be presented to the Proxima reviewer of products, client, or staff member, with the best flare for creating productive and profitable new business outcomes on this week's trade show floors and meeting rooms.
Kate Parker is on the road, reading science news in between meetings with prospects for Proxima Sales client solutions. When not in a hotel room, Kate can be found at the Proxima Burbank office.
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Artist rendering of Proxima B giant radiation flare.
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