A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

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Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

When the University of Oregon announced last summer that it was joining the Big Ten conference, men’s basketball coach Dana ...

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

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

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star, of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

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

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