This image, released on November 14, 2018, shows an artist's impression of a super-Earth orbiting Barnard's Star. The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth - a so-called super-Earth. One of the largest observing campaigns to date using 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. Barnard's star is the fastest moving star in the night sky. Photo by ESO/UPI
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UPI / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
W0N486File size:
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3500 x 2197 px | 29.6 x 18.6 cm | 11.7 x 7.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 November 2018Photographer:
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORYMore information:
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