The population of the galaxy is really dominated by these very faint small stars.

There are theories that can form binary stars and theories that can form single stars, but there none that explain why you form more singles than binaries.

His eyes were like galaxies, and everyone could get lost in them. How many stars flickered there, no one knew, but every time he glanced upon someone, a new star ignited, a new star was caught in the gravity of his stare.

moon dust in your lungs
stars in your eyes
you are a child of the cosmos
and ruler of the skies

Whether planets around these stars could be Earth-like would depend on orbital distance. There have been extensive studies and it turns out these planets would have to be pretty close to their stars, although it would depend on the mass of the stars.

This new planet may just be the tip of the iceberg. Red dwarfs may be a fertile new hunting ground for finding planets, including ones similar in mass to the earth.