A brown dwarf is an object that isn't quite massive enough to ignite the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium in its core and become a fully fledged star — yet is also considered too massive to ...

a planet orbiting a red dwarf star must have a magnetic field to protect it. On Earth, the presence of a planetary magnetic field intercepts incoming charged particles (solar wind and cosmic rays ...

It's the definition of "no pain, no gain." The rapid spin of this white dwarf, that is vampirically taking stellar matter away from a companion star, could be explained by its shrinking radius.

So how do a red dwarf and a white dwarf generate a radio signal? The red dwarf probably produces a stellar wind of charged particles, just like our Sun does. When the wind hits the white dwarf’s ...