Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star.
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Astronomers Find Four Sub-Earth Planets Just Six Light-Years AwayBarnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...
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Astronomers Discover 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn, Cementing the Planet’s Title of ‘Moon King’The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...
How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...
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Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
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Astronomy Club of Augusta gives dozens of stargazers opportunity to see the “Parade of Planets”A local astronomy group gathered Friday evening to see the “Parade of the Planets”. The Astronomy Club of Augusta gave dozens ...
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