Ekaterina Ilin and her colleagues recently (August 2021) released an analysis of flares on four red dwarf stars. They found that the flares tend to be released in the stars upper latitudes so planets in the habitable zone may be safe from ...See moreEkaterina Ilin and her colleagues recently (August 2021) released an analysis of flares on four red dwarf stars. They found that the flares tend to be released in the stars upper latitudes so planets in the habitable zone may be safe from the flares. Other studies suggest that the habitable zones on tidally locked planets may be significantly larger than previously assumed. Written by
David Foss
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