Most stars in the cosmos are small, cool red dwarfs, yet the only intelligent life we know orbits a relatively rare yellow ...

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Red dwarfs, the universe's most abundant stars and potential hosts for life-sustaining exoplanets, might actually hinder life due to their severe UV flares, new research suggests. Reading time 2 ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core and can no longer produce energy through nuclear fusion as it does now. The death of the Sun ...

Coarse clouds of hot sand blow in the powerful winds of these two failed stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The James Webb ...

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered stormy weather in the sky of two brown ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen fuel ...