Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
This illustration shows what the planetary ... it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, after the three interconnected stars of the Alpha Centauri system. (Five potential planets have also ...
Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star, one of our closest stellar neighbours.
These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...