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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by antognini on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:51PM (#13708063)
That's backwards. Red dwarfs have extremely powerful flares relative to their luminosity. So much so that it's unlikely that life would survive on the surface of an orbiting planet. (Though life would probably survive underwater.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitability_of_red_dwarf_syst...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_star

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