Red Dwarfs Bad For Finding Life

I was reading an article on how Red Dwarf stars have intense solar flares and how it could destroy life on orbiting planets.

It seems a little strange that they are reporting this, as we have yet to find alien life, especially life on a planet orbiting a red dwarf.

Is there something more to their 'hypothetical talk'?

Anyway here's the link if you fancy a read yourself.

Solar Flares On Dwarf Stars

reply to post by splittheatom


Hmm.. is sketchy to say the least and kind of redundant. Throwing out a possibility here but with the sunspots and solar flares of our own sun becoming more and more, perhaps they're trying to make it seem as though it's 'normal' to a dwarf even though it doesn't change the fact, therefore keep the lid upon the public some more.

Originally posted by OneLife
reply to post by splittheatom

 

Hmm.. is sketchy to say the least and kind of redundant. Throwing out a possibility here but with the sunspots and solar flares of our own sun becoming more and more, perhaps they're trying to make it seem as though it's 'normal' to a dwarf even though it doesn't change the fact, therefore keep the lid upon the public some more.

I thought of it as maybe they have found something they like around a red dwarf...but want to keep it to themselves. So by stating that red dwarfs seem hopeless for life, it may throw other space agencies/observers off.

Very elaborate I know, but could well be a possibility.

Right now everything like that should be suspect. There are far too many strange things going on in the world to not consider every announcement as a potential 'feeler' to gauge how people will react.