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

Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...

Astronomers have detected four small planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, one of the closest stars to Earth, at just six ...

"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star, one of our closest stellar neighbours.

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

The infinity of the universe hides facts such as the one that has been uncovered in recent days. An object 13 times the size of the planet Jupiter is wandering uncontrollably throu ...

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

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