Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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More space news and info at: coconutsciencelab.com - the nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth -- a so-called super-Earth.

Data from a worldwide array of telescopes, including ESO’s planet-hunting HARPS instrument, have revealed this frozen, dimly lit world.

The newly discovered planet is the second-closest known exoplanet to the Earth and orbits the fastest moving star in the night sky.

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European Southern Observatory

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