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A ‘super-Earth’ may have been discovered just six light years away

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Astronomers have spotted signs of an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s Star, one of the closest stars to the Sun. The “super-Earth” would be at least 3 times the size of Earth, has a surface temperature of -170°C (-274°F) and a year that lasts just 233 days.
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· 22 hours ago

Just six light-years away, a frozen world seems to be orbiting a small, dim red star s

Potential super-Earth found nearby after decades-long hunt
Astronomers may have finally found an alien world orbiting the science fiction staple known as Barnard's Star.
nationalgeographic.com
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· 21 hours ago

An exciting planet candidate - a cold super-Earth - was announced today by a raft of including twitterati , , and more, orbiting one of the closest stars to us - a nearby, fast-moving red star called Barnard's star!

xkcd: Barnard's Star
xkcd.com
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· 22 hours ago

A frozen super-Earth may orbit Barnard’s Star. At just six light years away, the candidate planet would be the second-closest world known beyond our solar system—and a prime target for future studies. (By )

A Frozen Super-Earth May Orbit Barnard's Star
At just six light years away, the candidate planet would be the second-closest world known beyond our solar system—and a prime target for future studies
scientificamerican.com
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· 20 hours ago

In the not-so-distant someday when telescopes become capable of photographing planets around other stars, this may well be the first new world we see.

Signs of a ‘super Earth’ discovered around a nearby star
Astronomers have discovered signs of a frozen exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to our solar system.
washingtonpost.com
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· 22 hours ago

Meet Barnard's Star b: It's 3.2 times as massive as Earth, has a year of 233 days and a surface temperature of around -170°C (-274°F). It's also the closest exoplanet ever found in a single star system.

Scientists Discover ‘Super-Earth’ That’s Only Six Light Years Away
Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets around Barnard’s Star for decades. Now, they’ve finally spotted one.
motherboard.vice.com
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· 22 hours ago

An international team including five & astronomers analyzed 20 years of data to discover a frozen Super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our own Sun.

Cold Super-Earth found orbiting second-closest star system to our own
An international team including five Carnegie astronomers has discovered a frozen Super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our own Sun. The Planet Finding Spectrograph on
carnegiescience.edu
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· 22 hours ago

Super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star

ESOcast 184 Light: Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star (4K UHD)
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 teles...
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· 22 hours ago

Measurements from high-precision instruments reveal a cold super-Earth around Barnard’s star. RVs from HIRES/Keck HARPS, UVES, HARPS-N, PFS, APF

A candidate super-Earth planet orbiting near the snow line of Barnard&
Analysis of 20 years of observations of Barnard’s star from seven facilities reveals a signal with a period of 233 days that is indicative of a companion planet.
nature.com
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· 18 hours ago

At last, a planet for Barnard's Star! COOL! 🚀 It's the 2nd closest star system to our sun, at 6 light-years away. Astronomers are "99 percent confident" that this exoplanet is real and not a false detection. It appears to be a cold super-Earth.

At last, a planet for Barnard’s Star | EarthSky.org
Astronomers are
earthsky.org
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· 21 hours ago
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I can see the real estate brochure: "Just 4 light years from major shopping; close to interstellar routes of choice; only a galaxy to great beaches...."

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· 18 hours ago
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That's approximately 35.28 trillion miles by the way. Who's gonna pay for gas?

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· 18 hours ago
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"Only" 6 light years away?! Well, let's leave now 😉

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· 20 hours ago

maybe Super Earth will be forced to eat Normal Earth and that's how this whole thing will end

Signs of a "super Earth" discovered around a nearby star
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· 20 hours ago

A list of the closest planets, many of which orbit M dwarfs less than 15 ly. from the sun. This list includes the newly discovered cold Super Earth, Barnard's Star b

Los más cercanos.
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