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I sometimes liken our civilisation as a reed mat floating across the pacific but with ants on it who have invented telescopes, and are trying their best to work out what sales are on at 5th Avenue - I love that we are “concerned” about atmospheric stripping millions of miles away - it gives me hope for those ants floating around

> Small M-dwarf stars ... operate through convection ... likened to what we see in a boiling cauldron of water.

> Larger stars like the Sun show a mix of radiative transfer – photons being absorbed and reabsorbed as they make their way to the surface – and convection.

> That enhances M-dwarf flare activity as their plasma is twisted and rotated, producing magnetic fields that snap open only to reconnect.

This is the first post I've seen targeted toward generic geeks that explained it that way. It makes total sense, is really cool, and I'm glad they wrote this article.

Been reading this gem of a blog for years. Happy to see it get some attention here.