An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4438 b is about 2.5 times larger than the Earth. The finding was detailed in a paper published March 14 on the pre-print server arXiv.
New nearby mini-Neptune exoplanet discovered retrieved 26 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-03-nearby-mini-neptune-exoplanet.html
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