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Daily Mail UK
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A new ‘super Earth’ that is four times bigger than our own planet has been spotted orbiting a star just 36.5 light-years away.
The exoplanet, which has been named Ross 508b, was discovered in the so-called habitable zone of a faint red dwarf that it circles every 10.75 days.
That is a lot quicker than the Earth’s orbit of 365 days, but the star that Ross 508b orbits is much smaller and fainter than our sun.
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