The nearest single star to the Sun apparently hosts a big, icy planet.
Astronomers have found strong evidence of a frigid alien world about
3.2 times more massive than Earth circling Barnard's Star, a dim red
dwarf that lies just 6 light-years from the sun. Barnard's Star is our
sun's nearest neighbor, apart from the three-star Alpha Centauri system,
which is about 4.3 light-years away.
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Nearby Icy World Discovered
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- Wade Hampton III
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Re: Nearby Icy World Discovered
Newly Found Planet!
It's an exciting find given the planet is only six light-years
away from Earth, making it one of closest worlds outside of
our solar system.
59931 A large world, it is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth
masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow -
line, a distance where water freezes.
59932 https://www.seeker.com/space/newly-foun ... dy-suggest
It's an exciting find given the planet is only six light-years
away from Earth, making it one of closest worlds outside of
our solar system.
59931 A large world, it is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth
masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow -
line, a distance where water freezes.
59932 https://www.seeker.com/space/newly-foun ... dy-suggest