Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth
MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...
Four Tiny Planets Discovered Near Earth, After Century-Long Search
Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...
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Earth has new neighbors: Four planets discovered just 6 light years away
Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...
Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: More Earth-like planets may exist
A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...
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Why We Call Our Planet “Earth”
Have you ever wondered how Earth got its name? The other nearby planets were all named for Roman ... after the fall of the ...
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Astronomers just found four planets revolving around the second-closest star to Earth– but there’s a twist
These planets are far smaller than Earth, each having only about 20 to 30 percent of Earth's mass. Their orbits are so quick– completing a full revolution around their star in just a matter of d ...