Could life exist around red dwarf stars?

Could life exist around red dwarf stars? That's one of the most important questions in our search for life in the universe. Red dwarf stars are the most common type of star and they live for up to several trillion years. So if life can exist around red dwarf stars, then life might be very common in the universe. In fact, the two closest planets to the Sun, Proxima Centauri and Barnard's star, each host potentially habitable planets (Proxima b and Barnard b). 🔔 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/christianread... 🖖 Share this video with a fellow space traveler:    • Could life exist around red dwarf stars?   🔴 Watch my most recent upload: https://goo.gl/QbRcE2 🚀 Help me improve the channel by joining the community on Patreon   / launchpadastro   🚀 Check out Launch Pad merchandise! https://teespring.com/stores/launchpa... Disclaimer: Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you. 🐟 From out of town? Help translate this video! - http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_vide... 🧭 References: Adams et al 2005 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a... Ehrenreich et al 2006 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607219 Anglada-Escudé et al 2016 https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.03449 Dong et al 2017 https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.04089 Boutle et al 2017 https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.08463 DelGino et al 2017 https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02051 Wandel 2017 https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00141 Howard et al 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.02001 MacGregor et al 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08257 Mullan & Bias 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05267 Ribas et al 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.05955 Lingam & Loeb 2019 https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01270 ✅ Let's connect: For business inquiries - chris AT christianready DOT com Twitter - @launchpadastro Instagram - @launchpadastro Facebook -   / launchpadastronomy   Discord -   / discord   📭 c/o Christian Ready P.O. Box 66 Westminster, MD 21158 United States Earth ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Watch next: Solar Orbiter Discovers Surprising new Phenomenon in the Sun    • Solar Orbiter Discovers Surprising new Phe...   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~