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Astronomers May Have Just Discovered a Super Earth Just Six Light Years Away
In a new paper published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers have shared that there may be a super-Earth orbiting Barnard's Star, a very-low-mass red dwarf star that is only six light years away from regular Earth. The astronomers didn't exactly see the planet, but they do have the data to back up what they believe is out there.
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6 light years is over 50 trillion km. "Just" is not a good choice of wording.
I'm pretty sure the 'just' has a very relative connotation to it. The closest star(s) (Alpha Centauri) are just 4.3 light-years away. So to have found evidence for a super-Earth so close is pretty spectacular.