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Kapteyn b is a proposed exoplanet candidate believed to orbit Kapteyn’s Star, located approximately 13 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Pictor and recognized as one of the oldest known stars. However, its existence has been largely refuted in recent years. When its discovery was announced in 2014, Kapteyn b was described as a potential super-Earth residing within the habitable zone of its host star and estimated to be about 11 billion years old. This would have made i