Barnard’s Star is located just 6 light-years away from us. It is the closest single star to the Sun and the fourth closest star overall, after the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system. Just a few ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

Although no one knows for sure, the comets may reach halfway to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system at 4.3 light-years away. In that case, despite its swift speed, Voyager 1 is like a ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Canopus, the ...

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

As our cosmic neighbor—the nearest single-star system to our sun—it’s been a tempting place to look. In 1963, Dutch scientist Peter van de Kamp claimed to have discovered the first exoplanet ...

Scientists have discovered four tiny planets circling our second-closest star system, Barnard’s Star. The reddish ball of gas is only six light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Located 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, following the three stars of the Alpha Centauri system. (Five potential planets have also been detected ...