Red Dwarf
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Astronomers discover ‘forbidden’ planet in red dwarf system
(ORDO NEWS) — An international team of astronomers has discovered an unusual star system in which a gas giant orbiting a low-mass red dwarf is only four times smaller than it in mass. Smaller and cooler than the Sun, red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy. Their light is rather dim, but life expectancy is huge – from tens of billions to tens of trillions of years.…
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Activity of the red dwarf TRAPPIST-1 increased the chances of habitability of its planets
(ORDO NEWS) — Simulations have shown that TRAPPIST-1’s deadly flares could support long-term geological activity on its rocky planets, making them more habitable. The appearance of our Earth and the very possibility of life on it are associated with its high geological activity, which has been preserved for billions of years. These processes are fueled by the slow transfer of heat from the planet’s core, where radioactive elements decay, to…
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Astronomers have found a potentially habitable exoplanet around a red dwarf
(ORDO NEWS) — Super-Earth LP 890-9 c is within the habitable zone of its star, a quiet and “soft” red dwarf. According to the authors of the find, this is the second in the list of the most promising candidates for the existence of life outside the solar system. A star 114 light years away has two super-Earth exoplanets. One of them is located within the ” habitable zone “,…
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Super-Earth discovered in the habitable zone of a red dwarf
(ORDO NEWS) — Just 37 light-years from Earth, near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, a super-Earth has been discovered. This is the first discovery made by a brand new instrument on the Subaru telescope, and it provides an opportunity to study the possibility of life on planets around nearby stars. With such a promising first find, we can hope that the Subaru telescope will find more, perhaps…
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Science
A potentially habitable planet has been found near a red dwarf close to the Sun
(ORDO NEWS) — A super-Earth exoplanet orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf located just 37 light-years away. At the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, the 8.2-meter Japanese Subaru Telescope is operating, observing the sky in the optical range. Not so long ago, an IRD spectrograph was installed on it, which made it possible to cover the infrared wavelength range. The new tool will help observe red dwarfs…