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4 Rocky Worlds Found Orbiting Earth's Closest Single Star, And They're Tiny

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest solitary star to Earth at just 5.96 light-years away, since its discovery in 1916.

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