A red dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, close to us at 40 light-years, produces powerful flares several times a day. And yet, it hosts seven Earth-sized planets, three of which are located in the zone ...

The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...

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Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

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 white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours. Their findings means we know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such ...

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The nova eruptions come about when a white dwarf steals too much matter from a close red giant companion.

An international team of astronomers led by Dr Iris de Ruiter, now at the University of Sydney, has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf star orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio ...