Alien life could be wiped out by outbursts from violent young stars

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, it makes sense to look for places that have similar conditions to Earth. But the majority of stars in our Milky Way aren't Sun-like – they're the smaller and cooler red dwarfs. To determine how well these stars might be able to support life, A NASA program is using Hubble to monitor their flare activity, and the first results don't paint a positive picture.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Arizona State University
• Exoplanet
• Flares
• Habitable zone
• Hubble
• Life
• NASA
• Planet
• Stars
• Sun

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