Potentially Earth-like planet found orbiting our neighboring star
 

Potentially Earth-like planet found orbiting our neighboring star
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The dim, red light of a small star illuminates the rocky surface of a world just four light-years from Earth.*

This newfound alien planet, or exoplanet, may have a life-supporting atmosphere or it could simply be an irradiated rock **t far from our solar system. But either way, the planet — k**wn as Proxima b — is the closest world yet discovered outside our solar system.

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature details the discovery of the rocky, potentially Earth-like planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun which may be part of the Alpha Centauri system of stars. Read more...

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