Kapteyn’s Star, a 9th-magnitude red subdwarf, speeds through space with a proper motion second only to Barnard’s Star. This nomadic wonder is visible in the northern reaches of the constellation ...

Artistic representation of the potentially habitable world Kapteyn b with the globular cluster Omega Centauri in the background. It is believed that the Omega Centauri is the remaining core of a dwarf ...

As the saying goes, all that glitters isn't gold, and the same could be said in the fast-paced hunt for exoplanets. In 2014, we reported on an exciting new discovery of two new exoplanets orbiting ...

Access by the astronomers at The University of Alabama to the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope in the Canary Islands will benefit both research and students at UA. Dr. William Keel, UA professor of astronomy ...

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the oldest known alien world that could be capable of supporting life, and it's just a stone's throw away from Earth. The newfound exoplanet candidate ...

Scientists have discovered two ancient planets orbiting a strange old star right in our stellar backyard. One of the newly found planets is perhaps five times the mass of Earth, and astronomers ...

Jacobus Kapteyn and Robert Innes discovered Kapteyn’s Star — originally named “Cordoba Zone 5 hours 243” because of its location — in 1897. Kapteyn was in Holland analyzing photographic plates taken ...