[Dreagon]

The problem is that red dwarfs are rather unstable stars and prone to sending out large bursts of Xrays from time to time.

[taxcontrol]

You know ... I was just thinking what that would look like. Assuming a narrow “beam” of Xrays at very high intensity.... steam explosions in the oceans? melting rock? plant and animal just falling over and then burning?

Could be really weird.

[Diggity]

They are much cooler and have much longer life spans.

John

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dwarf

[Diggity]

They are much cooler and have much longer life spans.

John

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dwarf

[RockinRight]

Also, a planet so close to it’s sun would be tidally locked, i.e. the same part of the planet would always face it, much like the same side of the moon always faces Earth (this is true for most moons of every planet in the solar system) therefore making one side of the planet super-hot and the other ice cold.

[muir_redwoods]

It’s true that X-rays and tidal locking would be a huge problem for life on a rocky planet but aquatic life might survive with water to provide some protection from the radiation and also to serve to spread the heat around.