Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

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

MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...

The four planets, each only about 20 to 30% the mass of Earth, are so close to their home star that they zip around the ...

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 ...

These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

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

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth.