red dwarfs A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait 3 months ago Rare beast: An eccentric Neptunish exoplanet orbits a nearby red dwarf star Big planets around tiny stars are very uncommon. By Phil Plait 4 months ago Big baby planet found orbiting small baby star. Here's why that's a problem. Small stars should have small planets. By Phil Plait 5 months ago A superhot superdense superfast mini-Earth… and it's practically next door An iron exoplanet skims its star's surface. By Phil Plait 5 months ago Astronomers find 17 red dwarf stars that may have aurorae triggered by orbiting Earth-sized planets By Phil Plait 7 months ago Good news: Immensely powerful red dwarf superflares may not sterilize their planets By Phil Plait 9 months ago The Red Sky Paradox: Why do we orbit a star like the Sun instead of a red dwarf? By Phil Plait 11 months ago A second wind – literally – for a scorching hot super-Earth By Phil Plait 1 year ago A new nearby super-Earth’s atmospheric secrets may soon be revealed By Phil Plait 1 year ago Planets around old red dwarfs may still get blowtorched by flares By Phil Plait 1 year ago Load More
A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait 3 months ago
Rare beast: An eccentric Neptunish exoplanet orbits a nearby red dwarf star Big planets around tiny stars are very uncommon. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
Big baby planet found orbiting small baby star. Here's why that's a problem. Small stars should have small planets. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
A superhot superdense superfast mini-Earth… and it's practically next door An iron exoplanet skims its star's surface. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
Astronomers find 17 red dwarf stars that may have aurorae triggered by orbiting Earth-sized planets By Phil Plait 7 months ago
Good news: Immensely powerful red dwarf superflares may not sterilize their planets By Phil Plait 9 months ago
The Red Sky Paradox: Why do we orbit a star like the Sun instead of a red dwarf? By Phil Plait 11 months ago