http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/12/surprisingly-close-star-system-discovered/
March 11, 2013 - National Geographic
Looks like astronomers may have new hunting grounds to search for
exoplanets , and it’s close– in fact it’s just in our local
interstellar neighborhood. A new-found star system at only 6.5 light
years away now ranks as the third nearest to our solar system and the
closest to be discovered since 1917.