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

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

“This distinction sets up a great natural experiment for us to see if the shape, or size, of bends in rivers is distinct from ...