How do citizen science projects contribute to our understanding of the second closest star and its neighborhood?

Closest Stars to Earth · 1. Sun. 0.0000158 · 2. Proxima Centauri. 4.2421 · 3. Alpha Centauri (binary star). 4.3650 · 4. Barnard's Star. 5.9630 · 5. Wolf 359. 7.7825. Mar 10, 2025 ... Planets can create nuclear power on their own, naturally, without any intelligence or technology. Earth already did: 1.7 billion years ago. The ... Nov 15, 2017 ... At just 11 light-years away, it's the second closest exoplanet of its kind to Earth. But the closest one, known as Proxima b, looks to be ... Mar 11, 2025 ... ... planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. The four planets, each only about 20 to 30% the mass of Earth ... Nov 14, 2018 ... A Super-Earth Has Been Discovered Just 6 Light-Years Away, The Second Closest Planet To Our Solar System. Oct 1, 2024 ... Barnard's star is the second closest star system to the Sun, and the nearest single star to us. Credit: IEEC/Science-Wave – Guillem Ramisa. Oct 1, 2024 ... Located just six light-years away, Barnard's star is the second-closest ... Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star” to appear in Astronomy ... Sep 20, 2020 ... Scientists just discovered the second-closest exoplanet to Earth, orbiting Barnard's star, one of the closest stars to the Sun. Nov 14, 2018 ... Washington, DC—An international team including five Carnegie astronomers has discovered a frozen Super-Earth orbiting Barnard's star, the ... May 18, 2023 ... Alpha Centauri is 4.5 light-years from Earth (our second closest star). The spaceship travels at one-half the speed of light for essentially all of its ...