Claims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough that finally confirms the star hosts a planetary system

By contrast, Barnard's star is the closest solo star to our own. Overall, the importance of this study is that it holds out promise for future research. "This result further stimulates the search for Earth-and sub-Earth-mass planets in the nearest stars of the solar neighbourhood,

Barnard's Star, 6 light years away, is a red dwarf and the closest to our own after the triple-star Centauri system. There's a planet whirling around it, somewhat smaller than Venus. Don't get your hopes up,