A New Planet Found Around the Star Closest to the Sun

astronomers, Closest independent star to the Sun the one which… Barnard’s star He discovered an exoplanet around him. With this discovery, hopes that there may be more planets around the star have increased.

Barnard’s star is a star located about six light-years from Earth. It is a red dwarf star. As a result of five years of observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Large Telescope, around this star “barnard bA planet called ” was found.

New planet candidates discovered

Barnard b to its parent star Mercury’s distance from the Sun It orbits about twenty times as close. Since it orbits the star in just over three days, its surface temperature was determined to be around 125°C.

Researchers also Barnard’s star at least three potentials around exoplanet candidate detected more. However, more observations are needed to find out whether these candidates are actually planets.