A planet has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have been able to see the exoplanet – a planet outside Earth’s solar system – orbiting Barnard’s star.

This rocky planet, discovered with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, is smaller than Earth, and flies around its tiny cool star every three days. Barnard's star is six light-years away from us, in the constellation Ophiuchus. The only closer stars are the trio that make up the Alpha Centauri system.

Earth-mass planet that was discovered orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our solar system, in this undated handout. ESO/M. Kornmesser/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barnard's star is a red dwarf,

Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.

The world—which orbits Barnard's Star, just six light-years from us—has a year that lasts barely three Earth days.

Astronomers have discovered a small exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our sun. This newly discovered exoplanet designated as Barnard b [2] has at least half the mass of Venus and it takes just over three Earth days for it to orbit the sun.

The nearest single star to the Solar System has just yielded up a rare and wonderful treasure. Around a red dwarf known as Barnard's star, which lies just 5.96 light-years away, astronomers have found evidence of an exoplanet.

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard’s star, one of the sun’s closest neighbours, but it is too hot for liquid water or life