Artwork of a red dwarf star emitting a stellar flare. A red dwarf is a small and relatively cool star on the main sequence, either late K or M spectral type. They range in in mass from a low of 0.075 solar masses to about 50% of the Sun and have a su...

... rmediate polars (IP). The systems consist of a compact, highly magnetic white dwarf stripping matter from a closely orbiting red dwarf partner. As the stolen material is funnelled along magnetic field lines, it encounters the white dwarf's magnetic p ...

Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20 light-years beyond the Sun. Scientists have confirmed the discovery there of three exoplanets, with another two candidates awaiting confirmation. This illustration depicts the most massive of the three planets, ...

This shows a hypothetical spiral galaxy seen from an oblique angle. A red dwarf star has been ejected by the galaxy at high speeds and will wander the void between galaxies. Such objects are known as free-floating stars....

Illustration of a young terrestrial exoplanet around an M-dwarf star under intense asteroidal bombardment. Created for an Oxford University press release....

Illustration of a young terrestrial exoplanet around an M-dwarf star under intense asteroidal bombardment. Created for an Oxford University press release....

Astronomers from Oxford University in the UK have observed this rocky exoplanet covered in an ocean od water with substantial prozen deposits of carbon dioxide. The planet orbits a cool red dwarf....

Astronomers from Oxford University in the UK have observed this rocky exoplanet covered in an ocean od water with substantial prozen deposits of carbon dioxide. The planet orbits a cool red dwarf....