Einstein Probe Detects X-ray Flare from Nearby Star 150 Light Years Away
Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers have detected a new X-ray transient event, which turned out to be an X-ray flare from the star PM J23221-0301 located about 150 light years away. The…
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