Life around nearby Barnard Star? Chances reduced after study - Take a tour

High-energy radiation emitted from an old red dwarf star, named Barnard, makes life in the habitable zone of the system challenging. The Chandra X-ray observatory and Hubble Space Telescope were used to study the star.

Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

[albertvanlingen]

I think the earth is unique. It even has season's helping with the balance of hot and cold. Do you realise how rare that is...

[brianszymanski]

Never realize how well you have it untill it's gone to ruin or changes before your eyes. Don't trash this planet it is the only one like it to sustain life as we know it. Precious little blue gem in the heavens so perfect . Try and try as one might, never find one so perfect as the one that made you and I.Have a great day! Be kind and smile it goes a long way.

[jari]

Wasnt the sun a mellow star due to the fact it rotates very slow compared to other stars so maybe they should find slow rotating red dwarfs to find lifesupporting rocky planets

[kunwoo]

Tgis video deserves more likes than disloke

[infinitemonkey]

We know planets orbiting red dwarfs are poor candidates for life, so focus on G and K type stars.

[multi-planetaryspecies]

How many light years to reach this star...???

[mariamamr]

When your trying to write a funny comment to get likes...

[rocksnot]

Fans of Robert Forward will be so disappointed.

[radianwad]

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[avenuePad]

This study is hardly conclusive. Red dwarf stars can burn for up to 10 TRILLION years. At 10 billion years, Barnard's star is just a little new born baby. Honestly, either this video is glossing over the study's findings, which is entirely possible, or the study is just bad.