A super-Earth found in our stellar back yard
- Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
An artist’s impression of the surface of the planet orbiting Barnard's Star.ESO - M. Kornmesser
The potential discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star – the second closest stellar system to the Sun – was announced by researchers today in Nature.
This discovery pushes the bounds of what we can do with our best current...