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Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Diminutive Barnard's Star is closer in size to Jupiter than to the sun ... having short orbital periods of between two and ...
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Closest Single Star To The Sun Discovered To Have Four Little Planets Around It
Barnard’s Star is notorious among astronomers for a history of false planet detections but it appears the latest discovery – ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)
"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...
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Seven Earth-sized planets orbit an alien star only 40 light-years away
A small, cool star in distant space plays host to something amazing. Scientists have discovered that at least seven Earth-sized worlds circle the star TRAPPIST-1, a ultracool dwarf star only about ...
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Four tiny planets are orbiting one of our nearest stars
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. The four planets, each only about 20 to ...
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Four tiny planets found orbiting one of our nearest stars
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. Astronomers have revealed new ...