Red dwarf
Barnard’s Star
The fastest-moving star across our sky. In 2024–25 astronomers found four small planets around it.
- Distance
- 6 light years
- Surface
- 2,922 °C
- Size
- 0.2 × the Sun
- Known planets
- 4
Outer layers
- H 73%
- He 25%
- O, C, Fe and heavier 2%
Cool enough for titanium oxide and water molecules in its outer layers
Modelled from typical stellar abundances