June 21, 2026
Barnard b is one of the closest exoplanets ever found, orbiting a star just 5.96 light-years away. But even at that short cosmic distance, it would take a spacecraft about 100,000 years to get there. Find out what we know about this fascinating nearby world!
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June 14, 2026
Barnard d is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, but even the fastest spacecraft ever built would take thousands of years to get there. Find out how far six light-years really is and what this small, scorching world is actually like.
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June 10, 2026
The nearest star beyond our Sun is called Proxima Centauri, and it is about 4.24 light-years away. That sounds close, but even the fastest spacecraft ever built would take tens of thousands of years to get there. Find out why star distances are so hard to imagine!
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