red dwarf
noun
: a star having substantially lower surface temperature, intrinsic luminosity, mass, and size than the sun
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TRAPPIST-1e is the fourth planet in orbit around a red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This proximity to a red dwarf is problematic, however, as these pipsqueak stars can punch well above their weight by regularly unleashing violent stellar outbursts.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2025
The problem with hunting for planets orbiting a G2 star is the same reason that most exoplanets have been found swinging around red dwarfs.
—David Szondy
august 14, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2025
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a planet while observing Alpha Centauri, a system of three stars orbiting each other — binary stars Alpha Centauri A and B, along with the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This proximity to a red dwarf is problematic, however, as these pipsqueak stars can punch well above their weight by regularly unleashing violent stellar outbursts.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2025
The problem with hunting for planets orbiting a G2 star is the same reason that most exoplanets have been found swinging around red dwarfs.
—David Szondy
august 14, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2025
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a planet while observing Alpha Centauri, a system of three stars orbiting each other — binary stars Alpha Centauri A and B, along with the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Red dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20dwarf. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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