A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...
Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...
Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
Head out and find some bright planets in the evening this week: Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are all visible right now. Here's ...
Scientists already know that a planet must be in the “Goldilocks zone”—not too hot and not too cold—to have liquid water, a ...