Digital Illustration
Photoshop
To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our Sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun. Read the whole release here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/mars-mission-sheds-light-on-habitability-of-distant-planets
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Conceptual Image Lab
Illustrator Lisa Poje
Producer Dan Gallagher