A STELLAR neighbour that we have stared at for years appears to have a planet after all.
Barnard’s star is a red dwarf just 6 light years away. That makes it the next closest star to the sun after those in the Alpha Centauri system, and an obvious target for planet-spotters. But despite many astronomers looking, no planets ever showed up.
Ignasi Ribas at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia in Spain and his colleagues may have hit the jackpot. They combined the results of earlier surveys, looking for the wobble of the star caused by the tug of…
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