{
  "id": 15895208,
  "title": "Astronomers uncover the engine behind the most powerful stellar flares in the Kepler field",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/astronomers-uncover-the-engine-behind-the-most-powerful-stellar",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-astronomers-uncover-powerful-stellar-flares.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study led by researchers at the Konkoly Observatory of the HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (HUN-REN CSFK) in Budapest has revealed what makes a distant red giant star the most explosively active in the entire Kepler field—and the answer lies in a surprisingly subtle interplay between a close stellar companion, vast dark starspots and a highly efficient internal…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}