Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our Sun

The findings also suggest there may be three more exoplanet candidates, in various orbits around the star

Scientists have discovered a planet orbiting the closest single star to our Sun (ESO/M Kornmesser/PA)

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.