New scientific data has led the SETI Institute to believe systems orbiting red dwarfs -- dim, long-lived stars that are on average billions of years older than our sun -- are worth investigating.
"This may be one instance in which older is better," said astronomer Seth Shostak of California-based SETI, a private, non-profit organization which stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
"Older solar systems have had more time to produce intelligent species." .... http://news.yahoo.com
