The case of the missing Jupiters: Gas giant planets are a no-show around small red stars
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 13:53
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have revealed that the smallest and most common kinds of stars in the universe, called red dwarfs, very rarely host big, Jupiter-like planets. This absence of Jupiter analogs could have major impacts on the development of Earth-like planets around red dwarfs and in the search for worlds capable of supporting alien life.