Artist rendition of DG CVn, a binary star system made up of two red dwarf stars. Illustration shows it unleashing powerful flares that could impact planet habitability.
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A third of planets orbiting close to red dwarf stars could be cool enough to hold liquid water on ... [+] their surfaces ...
Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...