Great find. But it’s doubtful that intelligent life could exist there.
“The planet, dubbed “Barnard b,” orbits its star at only 0.02 astronomical unit, 20 times closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
This distance puts it well inside the star’s habitable zone: With a surface temperature of an estimated 400K (260°F), there is certainly no liquid water on its surface, even though the star itself is 2,500 K cooler than our Sun.”
Yikes that sounds hot.