Alien discovery: Nearby planet could contain sub-surface LIFE

“Also, Barnard’s Star is about twice as old as the sun — about 9 billion years old compared to 4.6 billion years for the sun.

“The universe has been producing Earth-size planets far longer than we, or even the sun itself, have existed.”

However, with Barnard b being six light-years away, which is around 35 TRILLION miles, it will be out of reach for human exploration, and with current technology, our fastest spaceship would still take 100,000 years to get there.