This article really really got me thinking. And a good question that Malcolm posed about Red Dwarfs perhaps holding the galaxy's structure together.
We have to remember though that the use of the word Dark Matter is a description of matter that cannot be seen. It can be anything. Even these Red Dwarfs. Coming from my understanding, I'm on the right track, yes?
What further interests me is, seeing as a Red Dwarf is a very cool star, can it actually harbour life on these exo planets (I'm thinking not)? My understanding is that our current model states that we need a sun the same age and size as our own, with an Earth like planet to be in the same spot.
Furthermore, am I understanding that the finding of these exo planets around Red Dwarfs may contradict the current age of our universe, and basically we might have to go back to the blackboard?! Oh boy! But that's science right, the more answers it gives us, the more questions it attracts.
. As Prof. Kaku recently said so well, "we have learned more in the last 50 years than we ever have in the history of human kind". I think it would serve us all very well to keep an open mind to all of the possibilites science is throwing our way regarding our Universe, as there is such an abundance of information being thrown at us these days.
Thanks Ron for posting that article
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