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The linked article is about the discovery of a new exoplanet, named BD+20 1790 b, orbiting a dim, cool star located about 35 light-years from Earth. The exoplanet is a super-Earth, with a mass about 3.3 times that of Earth, and it orbits its host star in just 2.5 days. The discovery was made using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) instrument on the European Southern Observatory's 3.6-meter telescope in La Silla, Chile. This finding helps expand our understanding of the diversity of planetary systems and the formation and evolution of super-Earths.