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ESOcast 184 Light: Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star (4K UHD)
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:01:34
Publish Date: 2018-11-14 12:00:00
Description: The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth -- a so-called super-Earth. Data from a worldwide array of telescopes, including ESO’s planet-hunting HARPS instrument, have revealed this frozen, dimly lit world. The newly discovered planet is the second-closest known exoplanet to the Earth and orbits the fastest moving star in the night sky.
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