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Four Mini-Earths Found at Barnard's Star!
The closest single star to our own Solar System is Barnard’s Star. It’s 6 light years away and astronomers have just found four new mini-Earth planets in orbit around this red dwarf star. The discovery was made with the MAROON-X instrument on the Gemini North telescope which makes use of the radial velocity method to detect exoplanets. One planet was found in August 2024, the other three were only just added.
The closest single star to our own Solar System is Barnard’s Star. It’s 6 light years away and astronomers have just found four new mini-Earth planets in orbit around this red dwarf star. The discovery was made with the MAROON-X instrument on the Gemini North telescope which makes use of the radial velocity method to detect exoplanets. One planet was found in August 2024, the other three were only just added.
