Faint red stars can build water worlds drip by drip
Sheer number of M dwarf systems makes them likely to host habitable exoplanets
MOST COMMON Most warm rocky planets around faint red stars (illustrated) are probably dry, but it’s likely that there are enough such worlds with oceans to outnumber all other habitable environments in the galaxy.
JPL-Caltech/NASA
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