Barnard, planets

4 rocky exoplanets found around Barnard's Star, one of the sun's nearest neighbors
The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's Star's habitable zone.
Four small rocky planets confirmed orbiting nearby Barnard's star
Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - though they concluded that all of them are too hot to harbor life, much like our solar system's innermost planet Mercury.
Four exoplanets discovered orbiting our cosmic neighbor, Barnard’s Star
The recent findings up the number of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star from one to at least three, possibly four, as researchers were able to use the MAROON-X instrument on the Gemini North telescope to confirm the existence of planets that were previously only candidates.
4 Tiny Planets Found Orbiting Earth's Closest Solitary Star
Illustration of Barnard's Star as seen from the surface of one of its planets. (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor/J. Pollard)
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star.
Student's open letter calling out Barnard gets more than 1,000 signatures
Barnard College students are calling out the school's lack of action on antisemitism amid a resurgence of anti-Israel ...
Barnard College bomb threat prompts evacuation as anti-Israel protesters occupy campus building
A bomb threat prompted an evacuation at Barnard College Wednesday evening as anti-Israel protesters occupied a campus ...
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Barnard's Star: Unveiling Hidden Worlds Beyond Reach
Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf too faint to see without a telescope, hosts four newly discovered planets detected by instruments on large telescopes. The planets' gravitational pull causes the star to ...
Police detain protesters after bomb threat at Barnard College
Pro-Palestinian protesters held a sit-in Wednesday to demand the school reverse the expulsion of three protesters.
Pro-Palestinian Activists Occupy Barnard Building for 2nd Time in Week
The Police Department said several demonstrators were taken into custody during the sit-in at the college’s main library.
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Barnard clamps down after bomb threat clears pro-Palestinian protest in library
Nine protesters were arrested at the scene as dozens of NYPD officers entered the library. The bomb threat was deemed not ...
NYPD makes multiple arrests at Barnard College after anti-Israel agitators take over library
The NYPD detained multiple protesters at Barnard College late Wednesday after breaking up a library occupation sparked by the ...
'No threat to the public,' NYPD says after responding to Barnard College bomb scare
The NYPD responded to a bomb threat at Barnard College following a disruption at the Milstein Center on Wednesday.
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How Gaza Protests and Trump Threats Have Shaken Barnard College
The women’s undergraduate college at Columbia University expelled two student activists. Now it has become mired in a messy ...
Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil sues to block Columbia, Barnard from releasing student records to Congress
The suit claims that if the schools turn over the information, it will violate students’ First Amendment right to free speech.