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Red dwarf

Barnard’s Star

The fastest-moving star across our sky. In 2024–25 astronomers found four small planets around it.

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Distance
6 light years
Surface
2,922 °C
Size
0.2 × the Sun
Known planets
4

Outer layers

Cool enough for titanium oxide and water molecules in its outer layers

Modelled from typical stellar abundances

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