low-mass stars
TESS Shows That Even Small Stars Can Host Giant Planets
Can low-mass stars play host to giant, Jupiter-sized planets? Theories of planet formation suggest that it's highly unlikely. But a…
3 months ago
Maybe We Don’t See Aliens Because Nobody Wants to Come Here
The Fermi Paradox won't go away. It's one of our most compelling thought experiments, and generations of scientists keep wrestling…
7 months ago
Stellar Flares May Not Condemn a Planet’s Habitability
Red dwarf stars are the most common kind of star in our neighbourhood, and probably in the Milky Way. Because…
2 years ago