Astronomers Disprove Planet Orbiting Nearby Barnard’s Star

May 18, 2021 • by Staff Writer

An international team that included Michael Endl and Bill Cochran discovered what was thought to an exoplanet was not one.

A large and modern apparatus has tubes, metal boxes, wires and insulation

The Habitable Zone Planet Finder instrument during installation in its clean-room enclosure in the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory. Credit: Guðmundur Stefánssonn/Penn State


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