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Like it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's...

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

Nature.

Nature. Nature. Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

This week, we'll find out about a potential exoplanet orbiting one of our nearest celestial neighbours.

And following the impacts of social media on clinical trials.

I'm Noah Baker.

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

For our first story today, listeners, we're going to travel into space for several

trillion kilometres, or about six light years.

This is the distance to Barnard Star, one of the closest stars to our sun after the Alpha Centurai system.

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