After many previous claims and false alarms, astronomers can finally confirm the existence of at least four planets less ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star about 40.7 light-years away from Earth. It is of particular interest because it has seven ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the ...

Diminutive Barnards Star is closer in size to Jupiter than to the Sun. Only the three stars that make up the Alpha Centauri ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

The Kuiper Belt is a band on the outer edge of the Solar System made up of space’s odds and ends: comets, dwarf planets, and ...