Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star similar in size to Jupiter. The red dwarf, located some 55 light-years away, is 100 times less bright than the sun ...
This artist’s impression shows a sunset seen from the super-Earth Gliese 667 Cc. Astronomers have estimated that there are tens of billions of such rocky worlds orbiting faint red dwarf stars in the ...
A nearby white dwarf is carving a colourful shockwave through space, puzzling astronomers and raising new questions about how ...
Red dwarfs are very-low-mass stars. Image by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Producer - Public Domain Red dwarfs are very-low-mass stars. Image by NASA's Goddard Space ...
Many exoplanet scientists believe if life exists on other worlds, humanity will likely find evidence on a rocky world orbiting a red dwarf star. Credit: NASA / JPL / Ames Research Center / Daniel ...
Scott Wolk's research, presented at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting, focused on the X-ray emissions of Wolf 359, a red dwarf star approximately 8 light-years from Earth, to assess the ...