Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

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

The four planets, each only about 20 to 30% the mass of Earth, are so close to their home star that they zip around the entire star in a matter of days. That probably means they are too hot to be ...

Pollard A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of our ... are "so close to ...

where they found "solid evidence" to the existence of the additional planets orbiting Barnard's Star, according to the paper. "We observed at different times of night on different days," Basant said.

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. Astronomers have revealed new ...

The outermost planet takes less than seven days to complete one orbit ... to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away, it comprises three stars circling one another, making Barnard ...