Why do red dwarf stars live longer than our sun?

Stars in the universe come in all sorts of sizes, from comparatively small neutron stars to massive supergiants. By far the most abundant type of star, however, is the red dwarf. read more

Because red dwarfs make up more than three-quarters of the stars in the galaxy, this significantly increased the possibilities for the evolution of life in the universe. When its discovery was announced around a red dwarf in 2010, Gliese 581g was called the "first potentially habitable" alien planet. read more

Stars in the universe come in all sorts of sizes, from comparatively small neutron stars to massive supergiants. By far the most abundant type of star, however, is the red dwarf. Smaller than our Sun but with a much longer lifetime, these balls of burning gas are extremely important in our understanding of the cosmos. read more