Barnard’s Star is located just 6 light-years away from us. It is the closest single star to the Sun and the fourth closest ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

is actually much dimmer than other stars, ranking about 50th in brightness in the sky. The closest star is part of the Alpha Centauri system, NASA says. It contains three stars, and Proxima ...

The planets are so close to the star that they zip around their sun in a matter ... (The absolute nearest star system to us, Proxima Centauri, has three stars circling each other, which changes ...

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system ... team of researchers discovered that the star — a small red dwarf star just 16 percent of our own ...