SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged red dwarfs A telescope the size of the Earth sees the wobble of a bizarre planet in a binary star GJ 896Ab is a planet of many odd characteristics. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Two super-Earths found around a tiny red dwarf star — with one in the habitable zone Small star, big planets, great opportunity. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago A nearby super-Earth may be a water world The planet TOI-1452b is bigger than Earth and may have a lot more water. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait | 11 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 | 1 year 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 | 1 year ago A superhot superdense superfast mini-Earth… and it's practically next door An iron exoplanet skims its star's surface. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Astronomers find 17 red dwarf stars that may have aurorae triggered by orbiting Earth-sized planets By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Good news: Immensely powerful red dwarf superflares may not sterilize their planets By Phil Plait | 1 year ago The Red Sky Paradox: Why do we orbit a star like the Sun instead of a red dwarf? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Load More
A telescope the size of the Earth sees the wobble of a bizarre planet in a binary star GJ 896Ab is a planet of many odd characteristics. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
Two super-Earths found around a tiny red dwarf star — with one in the habitable zone Small star, big planets, great opportunity. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
A nearby super-Earth may be a water world The planet TOI-1452b is bigger than Earth and may have a lot more water. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
A third possible planet for Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun! New planet would be small and hot. By Phil Plait | 11 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 | 1 year 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 | 1 year ago
A superhot superdense superfast mini-Earth… and it's practically next door An iron exoplanet skims its star's surface. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Astronomers find 17 red dwarf stars that may have aurorae triggered by orbiting Earth-sized planets By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Good news: Immensely powerful red dwarf superflares may not sterilize their planets By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
The Red Sky Paradox: Why do we orbit a star like the Sun instead of a red dwarf? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
