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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star by valarauca1 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @03:37PM (#12354647)
Also Proxima Centauri is a Flare Star. So it's light output can vary by +/- 8%. And this can change within a matter of weeks.

It is actually the most active flare star we know. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1063292/

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