14 November 2018
Super-Earth exoplanet found around closest single star to the Sun
... second-closest known exoplanet to Earth. The planet’s host star is Barnard’s star, a very low-mass red dwarf that shines only dimly... reach as low as -170 degrees celsius. The discovery of Barnard’s star b is a long-time coming. Over forty years ago, ...
23 June 2017
Will our next nearest exoplanet be found soon?
... with Proxima Centauri again, as scientists suspect that more than one terrestrial planet is in orbit around the star. Barnard’s Star and Ross 154 are both red dwarfs too at 6 and 9.7 light years away respectively. Photometric observations...
