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That’s in part, because the odds appear to be long for oxygenic photosynthesis arising on a planet circling a puny red dwarf.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Called TRAPPIST-1e, the planet is one of seven small worlds orbiting its host star, a red dwarf far smaller and dimmer than our sun.
—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
Since it was discovered in 2015, K2-18b, which orbits a red dwarf star more than 120 light-years from Earth, has captivated scientists who have considered it among the best potential life-harboring ocean worlds.
—Eric Lagatta, Freep.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Called TRAPPIST-1e, the planet is one of seven small worlds orbiting its host star, a red dwarf far smaller and dimmer than our sun.
—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
Since it was discovered in 2015, K2-18b, which orbits a red dwarf star more than 120 light-years from Earth, has captivated scientists who have considered it among the best potential life-harboring ocean worlds.
—Eric Lagatta, Freep.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red dwarf
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Finally, the nebula fades away and only a white dwarf is left behind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Procyon's white dwarf companion was not found until 1896 at the Lick Observatory in California.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Learning about these highly energized neutrinos could lead to discoveries about where in the universe they might have been created, such as black holes and neutron star collisions — the latter of which are the most powerful classes of explosions in the cosmos.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The fact that these events are responsible for the creation of some of our most precious and important elements, as well as bright cosmic phenomena like GRBs and kilonovas, means there has been a heavy bias toward studying the aftereffects of neutron star mergers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Big, hot, blue stars live shorter lives, while tiny, cool, red stars live for much longer.—
Stephen DiKerby,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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But when a binary star about to go supernova threatens the planet Adjumir, Maw’s beloved Gebre entrusts him with an artifact and the order to leave him behind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Next, locate the highest point of light in the constellation — the binary star system Rasalhague — and its neighbor Kappa Ophiuchi to the lower right.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Currently, a ringed brown dwarf is the prime suspect for the ASASSN-24fw dimming event.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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One variable includes whether the clothing and backpack was purchased online or in-store.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The time change is a new variable that's going to be a new opportunity to deepen our resolve and our devotion.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University, focuses on cataclysmic variable stars, objects that vary in brightness over time due to some type of major turmoil.—
Liz Kruesi,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Feb. 2026
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In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Look out for the red giant star Betelgeuse, which marks the right shoulder of Orion and the blue supergiant Rigel, which marks the left foot.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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This causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, evolving into a red giant, while the interior of the core heats up, intensifying the rate of fusion within it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Red dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20dwarf. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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