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Earth-sized planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star similar in size to Jupiter. Located about 55 light-years away, the red dwarf is 100 times less luminous than the Sun and half as hot as our star. This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is called SPECULOOS-3 and represents the second planetary system… Read More »