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