"Flare Discoveries: A Step Closer to Finding Habitable Worlds"

Astrophysicists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study solar flares from the star TRAPPIST-1, located 40 light-years from Earth. The findings could aid in the search for habitable exoplanets by helping scientists understand the secondary atmospheres around stars similar to Earth's. The researchers developed a method to separate the light from the flares from the star's normal radiation, potentially providing clearer images of planets and their atmospheres. TRAPPIST-1 is of particular interest as it hosts three rocky planets in the habitable zone.