Red Dwarf

Mining ship comedy

Red Dwarf is a small, cool star with relatively low luminosity—the most common type of star in the universe.

Because they burn fuel slowly, red dwarfs can shine for trillions of years.

Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, is a red dwarf.

Also: a British sci-fi comedy series that ran from 1988, following the last human alive aboard a mining spaceship.

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  • galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
  • starLuminous astronomical object
  • spaceUnoccupied area or interval
  • hologramsLight-based dimensional images
  • FarscapeSci-fi series about displacement

cult following · Andromeda · habitable zone · parody · Blackadder · time travel · main sequence · space opera · nebula · interstellar travel · Proxima Centauri · luminosity · alien species · stellar · artificial intelligence · supernova · mass · hydrogen fusion

Opposites
stellar classification

Red Dwarfblue supergiant

Massive, hot, luminous star

blue giant · supergiant · red supergiant · hypergiant · white dwarf

British TV comedy tone

Red DwarfDownton Abbey

British period drama series

The Office · EastEnders · Coronation Street · Fawlty Towers

science fiction tone/approach

Red DwarfBattlestar Galactica

Star Trek · Interstellar · Blade Runner · Solaris · Doctor Who

Family

red, dwarf, reds, redden, reddish, reddened, reddening, redder, reddest

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