Barnard's Star is the second-nearest star system to Earth, and four tiny planets have been discovered around it ...

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

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

But eclipses aren't only an entertaining astronomical show — they have practical implications for science, too. While ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

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 ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

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 ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

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