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ESO VLT discovers new exoplanet around the nearby Barnard star, only 6 light years away. (www.eso.org)
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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

neat!

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 3 points 3 months ago

It's fascinating we are living through a time when exoplanets are first being found . This planet is closer to its Red Dwarf star then Mercury is to our far far hotter G-type star. Still, the surface temperature is only 25 degrees Celsius above boiling point.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"only"

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On the galactic scale its the second-nearest star to us out of billions.