Scientists are continually scoping out the far reaches of space for new planets. Now, they’ve found at least one — revolving around what’s called Barnard star. Jonay Gonzalez Hernandez is a scientist at Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in Spain, whose team found the new planet, called Barnard b. He speaks with Marco Werman about the find.
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