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Astronomers spot super-Earth circling a star 83 light-years away using space telescope - Interesting Engineering

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  • Astronomers use James Webb Space Telescope to detect exoplanet, which is 1.3 times the size of Earth and orbits its star every 11 days.
  • The super-Earth is located in the constellation of Cygnus and is one of the closest exoplanets to the Sun.
  • The discovery adds to the growing list of potentially habitable worlds in the search for life beyond Earth.
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