Stellar Flares May Not Condemn a Planet’s Habitability

Stellar Flares May Not Condemn a Planet’s Habitability
By Evan Gough

Red dwarf stars are the most common kind of star in our neighbourhood, and probably in the Milky Way. Because of that, many of the Earth-like and potentially life-supporting exoplanets we’ve detected are in orbit around red dwarfs. The problem is that red dwarfs can exhibit intense flaring behaviour, much more energetic than our relatively …

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January 8, 2021 at 10:03PM
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