New Planet Found Orbiting Closest Single Star to Our Sun

Barnard's Star, one of the oldest stars in our cosmic neighborhood, is often overshadowed by its famous neighbors in the Alpha Centauri system. Yet, this dim red dwarf is a record holder: it’s the closest single star to our Sun. For decades, astronomers have gazed at Barnard's Star, speculating whether it harbored planets, only to have their theories repeatedly disproven—until now.

Astronomers have finally confirmed a planet around Barnard’s Star, a sub-Earth exoplanet named Barnard b. With a mass around half that of Venus, Barnard b is one of the lowest-mass exoplanets known, and one of the very few with a mass smaller than Earth.

But in an era where we’ve cataloged over 5,000 exoplanets, why does the discovery of Barnard b still matter? What secrets could Barnard b hold about the formation of low-mass planets? Finally, and most importantly, could this discovery open a new chapter in our search for Earth-like worlds?

📄 REFERENCES:

Ribas et al., "A candidate super-Earth planet orbiting near the

🎼 MUSIC:

Midnight Evening
Without Saying
Bahamas
Particle Emission
Time (Softer)
Exhale With The Wind
Moonlit Serenity
Inner Strength

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🧑🏻‍💻 Created By: Rishabh Nakra
🔍 Researched By: Simran Buttar
✍🏻 Written By: Simran Buttar and Rishabh Nakra
🎙️ Narrated By: Jeffrey Smith

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Why Barnard's Star?
03:53 The Hunt
09:10 False Alarm
11:31 Eureka!

[peterhumphreys]

Barnard b may be "one of the very few [exoplanets] with a mass smaller than Earth", but that doesn't mean that there aren't millions of smaller planets out there - we just haven't found them yet. It's much easier to find larger planets. The millions of small exoplanets would have gravity closer to Earth's than some of the big planets that we've found so far. As we get better and better technology, we'll be able to discover, and examine, a wide range of different planets out there.

[irene_renaissance]

A thoroughly interesting episode!! Thank you for this episode SOU! ✨💫👍❤️🌌

[rockflageagle]

Starbucks just opened their 3rd location there.

[derekwarr]

You say 'just' 6 lights years away like we can hop on a plane and be there in a day

[Leopard_Lover]

Cool I love these updates thanks !!! Let’s send some satellites out there posthaste

[NumberCatLover]

Thats crazy that it took this much to find smth this close

[bhumidave]

Exellent ..😍 loved. It.. gratitude. S❤U ...✨🙌

[DaveSomething]

how many different ways can you pronounce Bernard?

[yfrontsguy]

Apprently JWST has not been aimed at this star so far then?

[Leopard_Lover]

Bro this is on nasa’s website confirmed in 2018…. So this was disproven until today? Please provide dates thanks

[l.p]

3 new planets are also confirmed!
Also 3 hours until total lunar eclipse

[jayseaem]

If you COULD travel at the speed of light, it would take you 6yrs to reach it. that's 6, 000, 000 000 000 {trillion}miles per year.
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 and has only travelled 15, 000, 000, 000 in 48 sayin!!!

[Abdelmawla]

نسأل الله أن يجعلنا من الداخلين جنّات النعيم وصلى الله على نبينا محمد .

[animationshumajerr]

Time to see where we can see this star on the sky

[AishaMohan-tm]

11:34 Never thought EXPRESSO can u used for Planet Detection...well here we use this technique on our JBL speakers on weekends..

[Leo-Pekka]

Ooh it's so interesting to hear about a new planet found orbiting closest single star to our sun! Is Proxima Centauri our nearest star from the sun? And can't wait i'm so exxited for tomorrow's lunar eclipse! When it starts here in Europe? 🌌🌏🌍🌎😮🏡🔭🌖☀️✨️

[TheHiddenSecretsoftheUnive-nd]

Hopefully the video will explain the process of planet discovery. How advanced is current technology to be able to detect such distant planets?

[Isaac-]

the p.c. term is " little stars" .

[SilverMy]

Gonzalez Hernandez, the man with two last names ...

[infinite_one]

Stars actually are what and made from and that's why they're called that twinkling from like water 🤯 real talk