A puzzling new type of radio signal – lasting seconds to minutes – has been linked to a binary star system featuring a white ...
When astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at a young red star in the constellation Columba, they noticed ...
After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s ...
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...
Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...
The Sun, the main source of light and energy, is the brightest object in our solar system, shining on and lighting up all other celestial bodies. Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, ...
A red dwarf like Barnard's Star is very different to our sun, however. It has just 16% of our sun's mass, and 19% its ...