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'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest star

A “super-Earth” has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun, scientists said Wednesday in a breakthrough that could shine a light on Earth’s nearest planetary neighbours. Astronomers studied Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf just six light years away — practically in our back garden, galactically speaking — and noticed the presence of a “frozen, dimly lit world” at least 3.2 times heavier than Earth.

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  • Gozzin
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    estimates it has a surface temperature of -170 degrees Celsius

    Too chilly for me!(Unpacks suitcase.)

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    • plimpy
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      Bring a couple coats and youll be fine!

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