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Astronomers Discover Planet Orbiting Nearest Single Star to the Sun

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Astronomers say Barnard 's star has at least one exoplanet in its orbit.

The planet orbits Barnard ’s star, a red dwarf about six light-years from Earth .

The star is about twenty times closer to its star than Mercury is to our Sun , and whips around it in just over three Earth days.

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