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- In latter stages of a red dwarf's life it will start to glow yellow and then eventually blue. What happens to the habitable zones of these objects then?
Although the universe is not old enough to experience these yet, but near the end of the lives of red dwarf stars, they will go from red to yellow, to blue eventually. Does this result in additional heat being given off of the surface of those stars? And if so, then does the habitable zone of these stars migrate outwards, and by how much?
The reason I'm asking is because if the habitable zones of red dwarf stars are currently so nearby that it results in tidally locked planets. So once the red dwarfs become yellow and then blue, will their habitable zones migrate out to locations where the planets that might exist in those locations be non-tidally-locked?
The reason I'm asking is because if the habitable zones of red dwarf stars are currently so nearby that it results in tidally locked planets. So once the red dwarfs become yellow and then blue, will their habitable zones migrate out to locations where the planets that might exist in those locations be non-tidally-locked?