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Robert Lea

'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us

A reddy brown star beneath a glowing orange sphere.

Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, known as Barnard's star. The newly discovered exoplanet has around half the mass of Venus, which classifies it as a "sub-Earth." 

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