Best Red Dwarf

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star located just over four light-years away, making it our nearest stellar neighbor. It’s notable for being the host of Proxima Centauri b, an exoplanet within the habitable zone of its system. This makes it a key target for astronomers studying potentially habitable...

Barnard's Star is a red dwarf 5.96 light-years away in Ophiuchus and holds the record for the highest proper motion of any known star relative to the Sun.

A red dwarf star ~40 light-years away in Cetus, hosting LHS 1140b, a rocky super-Earth in the habitable zone discovered in 2017 and a prime target for atmospheric characterization.

A red dwarf ~15 light-years away in Aquarius, the first M-type star confirmed to host an exoplanet, with its giant planet GJ 876 b discovered in 1998.

A red dwarf ~20 light-years away in Libra that hosted some of the earliest claimed potentially habitable exoplanets, sparking major scientific debate over planet GJ 581 g.

One of the nearest stars to Earth at ~12.5 light-years in Aries, a dim red dwarf hosting two potentially habitable Earth-mass exoplanets discovered by a German-led team in 2019.

A red dwarf ~11 light-years away in Virgo hosting Ross 128b, a potentially temperate Earth-mass exoplanet, and projected to become the Sun's nearest stellar neighbor in roughly 79,000 years.

A red dwarf star ~33 light-years away in Leo, hosting Gliese 436b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet with a comet-like hydrogen exosphere detected by the Hubble Space Telescope.

A red dwarf ~35 light-years away in Pictor hosting a compact system of small rocky planets, including the smallest exoplanet discovered by NASA's TESS mission as of 2019.

A red dwarf star ~12.4 light-years away in Canis Minor, notable for hosting two super-Earth exoplanets including GJ 273b, a habitable-zone candidate announced in 2017.

Lalande 21185 is a red dwarf in Ursa Major about 8.3 light-years from Earth, making it one of the Sun's nearest stellar neighbors and a target for exoplanet searches.

GJ 1061 is a red dwarf star about 12 light-years from Earth in Horologium with three confirmed Earth-sized exoplanets, at least two of which orbit near the habitable zone.

A red dwarf ~16 light-years away in Grus hosting a cold Jupiter-analog (GJ 832 b, 2009) and a super-Earth candidate (GJ 832 c) near its habitable zone.

A red dwarf ~100 light-years away in Draco hosting TOI-1452 b, a super-Earth discovered in 2022 whose bulk density is consistent with a water-rich ocean world interior.

A red dwarf star ~10.7 light-years away in Piscis Austrinus, one of the nearest stars to the Sun and among the intrinsically brightest red dwarfs visible from the southern sky.

A red dwarf ~14.8 light-years away in Ara with a confirmed super-Earth planet (GJ 674 b) detected via radial velocity measurements and announced in 2007.

Groombridge 34 is a binary red dwarf system about 11.6 light-years from Earth in Andromeda, catalogued by English astronomer Stephen Groombridge in the early 19th century.

Lacaille 8760 is a red dwarf about 12.9 light-years from Earth, catalogued by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and among the brightest red dwarfs visible to the naked eye.

Luyten 726-8A (BL Ceti) is the brighter red dwarf component of the L 726-8 binary system about 8.7 light-years from Earth, catalogued by Dutch-American astronomer Willem Luyten.

GJ 3293 is a red dwarf star about 57 light-years from Earth with multiple confirmed super-Earth exoplanets detected via radial velocity measurements.

DX Cancri is a red dwarf flare star about 11.8 light-years from Earth and one of the least luminous hydrogen-burning stars known, with a mass roughly 9% that of the Sun.

A sub-Earth-mass planet candidate orbiting Proxima Centauri announced in 2022, with an estimated mass below 0.3 Earth masses and an orbital period of roughly five days.