Planets of Milky Way's most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope reveals

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The most common stars in the Milky Way may be even less friendly to life than previously suspected.

New research suggests that red dwarf stars, stellar bodies smaller and less massive than the sun, may blast their planets with intense ultraviolet (UV) light radiation flares that severely reduce their potential habitability.