Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.

Barnard's Star, just some 6 light-years away, has intrigued astronomers for over a century.

Does the second-closest stellar system to us host any planets?

Though this system has hoodwinked astronomers with planetary signals before, researchers say they're confident they have detected three new planets and confirmed another. After peering at Barnard's Star over 112 nights, scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile found compelling evidence of four particularly small

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