Designated HD 26965b, the newly-detected alien world has a mass of 8.47 Earth masses and is located a mere 16 light-years away.This planet revolves around the bright K-class dwarf star HD 26965 once every 42.4 days.The host star is approximately 6.9 billion years old, has a mass about 78% of the Sun’s and a radius 87% as large.“HD 26965 is the primary of a very widely separated triple system. The other two companions are an M4 dwarf and a white dwarf,” said University of Florida astronomer Bo Ma and co-authors.“This star is a very bright metal poor star with an...