Barnard's Star is a red dwarf, also known as an M-dwarf, and is noticeable for having the fastest proper motion, in reference to its motion visible in the night sky, of any star so far discovered.

"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor ... designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule back-and-forth motion of ...

Barnard's Star is a red dwarf star and is the fourth nearest star to the Sun at approximately 6 light years distance. The distance from the Milky Way to Andromeda, the next nearest spiral galaxy ...