A group of astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to Earth’s Sun. The earth-like planet has at least half the mass of Venus, and a year lasts only a little over ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

"Barnard b is one of the lowest-mass exoplanets known and one of the few known with a mass less than that of Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Proxima Centauri, a star four light-years from the sun, shoots out a violent solar flare in this artist's depiction. Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling ...

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard’s Star. According to the astronomers, these exoplanets — which are among the ...

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest solitary star to Earth at just 5.96 light-years away, since its discovery in 1916. Unconvincing signs of planets in ...

The nearest single star to the sun, Barnard’s star, has a brood of planets all its own. The red dwarf star, about six light-years from Earth, hosts four close-in planets each about two to three times ...

Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a telescope, that is. Rain is in the forecast for Louisville on Sunday, which ...

Coel Hellier has received research council grants for the discovery of exoplanets. Barnard’s Star is a small, dim star, of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is ...