The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each about a fifth the mass of Earth, whip around their host star in just ...

The four planets, each only about 20 to 30% the mass ... Ph.D student at the University of Chicago and first author on the study. "It's signaling a breakthrough with the precision of these new ...

First discovered by E. E. Barnard at Yerkes Observatory in 1916 ... the existence of other planets in the habitable zone around Barnard’s Star. An artist’s conception of the four planets circling ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial ...

Friday's crescent moon brings the first night of Ramadan. But guess what? There will be a planetary alignment in the sky, too ...