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Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our sun

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Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard 's star, the closest single star to our sun.

Located just six light-years away, the star is the second -closest stellar system to us.

The discovery of this new planet is announced in a paper published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics .

It orbits its star in 3.15 Earth days and has a surface temperature around 125 C.

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