Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest solitary star to Earth at just 5.96 ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

Star is a small, dim red dwarf star located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It’s distance was first measured by the ...

BYUH students share their understanding of exoplanets and what humanity’s enduring hunt for life outside the solar system ...

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 ...

How does a planet’s size influence its orbit around its parent star? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy | Space ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...

Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one of extreme temperature swings, from scorching heat to deep freeze. Key Facts The newly confirmed planet is the ...

Scientists confirm ZTF J0112+5827 as a polar cataclysmic variable, with strong magnetic fields and no accretion disk ...

Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...

This strange object near the solar system's edge may be a rare example of the 3-body problem in our own cosmic neighborhood.