The closest single star to Sol at 5.96 light-years — a dim, ancient red dwarf that may be over 10 billion years old. Moves across the sky faster than any other star, covering a full moon's width every 180 years. Long a subject of planet searches; persistent radial velocity signals suggest something may be here.
A candidate super-Earth near the snowline — the distance where volatiles freeze. Its existence remains contested: the radial velocity signal is real, but stellar activity mimics planet signatures in old, magnetically active red dwarfs. Something is here; exactly what is still argued.
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Antimatter Trace — Barnard's Star
Asteroid Belt
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2.9
(2.9, 0.0)
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Barely detectable antimatter signatures in the asteroid field. A long way from Sol, but for a determined miner, every containment cell counts.
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Drifting Alloy — Barnard's Star
Asteroid Belt
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3.1
(3.0, -0.6)
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Sol alloy fragments tumbling slowly through the asteroid field. Somebody's ancient mining waste is your payday.
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Legacy Core Fragment
Asteroid Belt
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4.1
(-3.8, 1.5)
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Ancient asteroid containing pre-Expansion era alloys. The composition suggests technology from humanity's earliest deep space ventures.
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Barnard's Star Gas Pocket
Gas Cloud
molecular_cloud
5.0
(4.7, 1.6)
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A diffuse pocket of gas in the outer system, slowly dispersing. The star's low luminosity keeps temperatures here extremely cold.