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 ...

So-called M dwarfs are the most common stars in the Milky Way. A research team has determined around which of them Earth-like exoplanets are most common. The smallest of the most common stars in the ...

Approximately 200,000 people applied for one-way flight Mars migration planAlthough it is exploring the possibility that human beings can live on planets other than the earth such as doing it, it is ...

What can planets orbiting red dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as ...

A first ever detection of a coronal mass ejection from a small red dwarf could have big consequences for life on any nearby ...

A rare quadruple star system that is the first of its kind to be discovered by astronomers could help better understand so-called "failed stars" or brown dwarfs. These celestial bodies get their ...