Enter MAROON-X, an instrument ... Barnard’s Star, zipping around their stellar host in a matter of days, compared with the year it takes Earth to complete one orbit around the sun.

A partial solar eclipse is coming at the end of March During such an event, "the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, but not perfectly aligned, causing only a portion of the sun to appear ...

according to the astronomy app Star Walk. For stargazers, that means the best time to catch a glimpse of Venus will be before the conjunction – not during – as the sun is setting quickly in ...

MAROON-X measures the "radial velocity" — the slight wobble back and forth of Barnard's Star as it revolves around the center of mass shared between itself and the four orbiting planets.

“One of the stars is a Red Giant, an older, larger, and relatively cooler star, and the other is a White ... the nova with the unaided eye once the sun goes down. You can learn more about ...