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 ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your place in the universe feel both ordinary and strange. Two facts sharpen the ...

A first ever detection of a coronal mass ejection from a small red dwarf could have big consequences for life on any nearby planets. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

The evolution of intelligent life around red dwarf stars is likely to be an uphill slog, due to the demands needed to jumpstart oxygenic photosynthesis. Given that red M-dwarf stars are by far the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen a young planet whirling around a red dwarf star "getting the hiccups." The agency said the exoplanet is so close to its parent star, AU Microscopii, that is ...

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 ...