Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits ...
Within a few dozen light years of the Sun, the sky is crowded with stars that could, in principle, host living worlds. I want to know which of those neighbors are genuinely promising, not just famous ...
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In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun ...
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The newly discovered planet Proxima b is about to change the focus of astronomy for decades to come — and maybe longer, if it reveals signs of life. The planet, some 25 trillion miles away from our ...