{"id":511209,"date":"2026-05-31T04:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/511209\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:19:52","slug":"astronomers-discover-red-dwarfs-absorbing-matter-from-earth-like-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/511209\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers discover red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u24d8 NASA – Unsplash<\/p>\n

<\/a>An illustration showing a red dwarf and a planet.<\/p>\n

Astronomers have recently discovered red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets. While this highlights the destructive behavior of red dwarfs, it also helps researchers to better understand the formation of planetary systems.<\/p>\n

By observing various regions of the universe, astronomers sometimes find surprising phenomena. Indeed, after discovering a collision between two neutron stars<\/a> and an exoplanet with a potential atmosphere<\/a>, they have detected red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets. <\/p>\n

This discovery was revealed in a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Several researchers from Keele University and the University of Exeter have studied thousands of stars and discovered six red dwarfs exhibiting unusual behavior. <\/p>\n

After conducting various observations, they noticed that these stars contained lithium. However, this chemical element should not be present in these celestial objects, as explained by Professor Robin Jeffries of Keele University, and lead author of the study: <\/p>\n

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“Red dwarfs are smaller and cooler than our Sun but inside they are extremely hot. This heat should destroy all of their fragile lithium in nuclear reactions shortly after they form.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u24d8 NASA<\/p>\n

<\/a>An image showing the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.<\/p>\n

Therefore, according to astronomers<\/a>, these stars, which are the most common in the universe, could have absorbed matter from Earth-like planets. Thus, while this discovery highlights the destructive behavior of red dwarfs, it could also help researchers understand how planetary systems form. However, further studies will need to be conducted in the future using new instruments to identify stars with the same behavior.<\/p>\n

\t\"Alexis<\/a>Alexis Stegmann<\/a> – Tech Writer – 645 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2025<\/p>\n

I’ve been working in the field of web writing for several years, and I’m passionate about keeping readers up to date with the latest news on astronomy, technology, the world of video games and other exciting subjects. In particular, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of websites, which has enabled me to cover a wide range of subjects. In my personal life, I’m passionate about a wide range of subjects, including astronomy, video games, history and science. I’m also drawn to psychology, which is a subject that deserves greater documentation and recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a red dwarf and a planet. Astronomers have recently discovered red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[221578,582,1025,1820,4948,6599,18,6123,3094,1821,7446,19,17,1815,40787,1024,1819,1814,583,1822,6125,1818,17406,1142,1143,133,454,451,54118,1240,1817,1816,5610],"class_list":["post-511209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-astro-news","tag-astronomy","tag-astrophysics","tag-benchmarks","tag-discovery","tag-earth","tag-eire","tag-exoplanets","tag-galaxies","tag-graphics-card","tag-hubble","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laptop","tag-lithium","tag-nasa","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-planets","tag-processor","tag-red-dwarfs","tag-reports","tag-researchers","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-science","tag-science-news","tag-space","tag-space-news","tag-stars","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-universe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116667274686376984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}