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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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[โ€“] crawancon@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

neat!

[โ€“] Lugh@futurology.today 3 points 1 month 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.