The astronomers calculate that the newfound world, dubbed Barnard’s star b, is about 3.2 times the mass of Earth and orbits its host star once every 233 days.

Barnard Star b, as the entity was designated, was about three times as massive as Earth and circled the star every 233 days — but at too great a distance to be warmed sufficiently to support life.

Planet c is the heavyweight of the bunch, with a mass 33.5% that of Earth's. It orbits Barnard's Star at a distance of 2.55 million miles (4.1 million kilometers/0.0274 AU) and has an orbital ...

Barnard b [2] is 20 times closer to Barnard’s star than the planet Mercury is to the sun. It has a surface temperature around 257° Fahrenheit and a full year lasts a little over three days here ...

Barnard's star is only six light-years away from the sun. Credit: IEEC / Science-Wave – Guillem Ramisa infographic. The bad news: Even if the star were about 2,500 degrees cooler than the sun ...

Astronomers detect a planet near Barnard's star, which is relatively close to Earth Only six light-years from the Sun, Barnard b is boiling hot, but the new planet hints at other nearby worlds ...

The Barnard’s Star system. The previously discovered planet, Barnard b, is likely a rocky planet with roughly 30 percent Earth’s mass and an orbital period (or “year”) equal to ...

Astronomers have been looking for planets around Barnard’s star, which at 5.96 light years away is the next-closest star to us after the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system, since the 1960s ...

Artist’s impression of Barnard b orbiting Barnard’s star. This new exoplanet is too hot to have liquid water on its surface, orbiting its star in only 3 days.

Despite its close proximity to our solar system, Barnard's star is too faint to see with the naked eye. A simple eight-inch amateur telescope should be able to spot it in deep space, though.. This ...

Planet c is the heavyweight of the bunch, with a mass 33.5% that of Earth's. It orbits Barnard's Star at a distance of 2.55 million miles (4.1 million kilometers/0.0274 AU) ...