Astrobiology

Good news for life in our galaxies

July 2nd, 2010 by Jeffrey | No Comments

Good news for life in our galaxies

Around 70 percent of the stars in our Galaxy are classified as M dwarfs, which are slow-burning stars that last for 40-100 billion years (compared to our G-class Sun’s 10 billion year lifespan).  So chance would have it that our galactic neighbors are circling around an M dwarf.  But since M dwarfs burn cooler than [...]