Alien World 'Proxima b' Around Nearest Star Could Be Earth-Like | Video

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 12:31 in Astronomy & Space

A possibly rocky planet, just 1.3x more massive than Earth, has been detected in the "habitable zone" of the nearby red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. Just 4.22 light-years away, this system is the closest to our sun.

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