A combination of the world's most powerful telescopes detected the planets. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from ...

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The nearest single star to the sun, Barnard’s star, has a brood of planets all its own. The red dwarf star, about six light-years from Earth, hosts four close-in planets each about two to three ...

The recent and much-ballyhooed "planetary parade" was an interesting celestial event that likely spurred even infrequent skywatchers to seek out the seven planets stretched out across the sky.