A total of four small, rocky exoplanets were found circling Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf with a mass about one-sixth […] ...

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

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...

The small separations between the planets around Barnard's Star also bring to mind another system of worlds around a red ...

A new study is challenging the science of the formation of sub-Neptunian planets, which are the most common in the Milkey Way ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star about 40.7 light-years away from Earth. It is of particular interest because it has seven ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to our own Sun. Now, two separate research teams have found solid evidence ...