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Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each ...

Yerkes Observatory, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, sits right on the shore of Geneva Lake. "It won't be a total eclipse here, but enough to give you goosebumps up your arms like stagecoaches," said ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

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For a century, astronomers have been studying Barnard's Star in the hope of finding planets around it. First discovered by E.