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Solar System

What if we replaced our Sun with a red dwarf?

What would happen to us if we suddenly switched our Sun for a red dwarf?

Deep Space

The water vapour find on ‘habitable’ exoplanet K2-18 b is exciting — but it’s no Earth twin

But who says the confirmation of alien life will come on Earth 2.0?

Astronomy

Why can’t I see red dwarf stars with the naked eye?

The nearest star to our Sun is a red dwarf but why is it a struggle to see it?

News

Astronomers discover mysterious ‘dead star’ pulsar

The white dwarf pulsar has eluded astronomers for over half a century

News

Potential new hunting ground for exoplanets discovered

Eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our Solar System

Deep Space

By the numbers: Proxima Centauri

Read on for some fast facts about our Sun’s closest star

News

Black hole and red dwarf found orbiting each other at record speed

The identification of an odd-couple pairing of a black hole and a red dwarf star has set a new record for the fastest orbiting X-ray binary system.

Deep Space

What is the smallest star?

Josh Barker from the National Space Centre answers this one for us.

Deep Space

Red Dwarfs: The fascinating stars that live for trillions of years

They’re the most common stars in the cosmos, but a super-long life expectancy and strange composition make red dwarfs among the most important objects in existence.

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