The newly discovered planet, named Barnard b, orbits 20 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun. Its orbital period is 3.15 Earth days – that's how long a year lasts there. The ...

Though any planet matching that mass or distance is yet to be confirmed, the more teensy Barnard b emerged after researchers conducted a careful campaign to observe the star. What's more ...

The new world is currently known as Barnard's star b or, in other circles, GJ 699 b. The team who found it leaned on more than 20 years of telescope observations, and that data suggests the planet ...

Because Barnard’s star is considered to be one of our oldest neighbors ... are supported by NSF grant AST 02‐05875 and Hubble Space Telescope grants GO‐8613 and AR‐10312. R. B. A. wishes to thank the ...