A today's news release about alien life possibilities with planets having a red dwarf star. Of course, one thing for us to remember - these such reports are always formulated on the basis of "what we THINK we know about space", when the fact is "we don't really know much for sure". :)
Space.com By Charles Q. Choi Published June 05, 2014
The most common type of star in the universe may savage planets near them, potentially stripping away their atmospheres and dooming chances for life as we know it, scientists say.
Red dwarf stars, also known as M dwarf stars, are up to 50 times dimmer than the sun and are just 10 to 20 percent as massive. They are the most common kind of star, making up to 70 percent of the stars in the universe.
That red dwarfs are so common has made scientists wonder if the area around them they might be the best chance for discovering planets habitable to alien life. More and more planets are getting discovered around red dwarfs — recent findings from NASA's Kepler space observatory reveal that at least half of these stars host rocky planets that are one-half to four times the mass of Earth.
More - http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/06/05/extreme-space-weather-common-stars-could-make-alien-life-scarce/?intcmp=features