Earth-Like Planet Discovered! What You Need To Know
An Earth-like planet was found in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our solar system! Here's what you should know! How Do We Know ...
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We’ve found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO OUR SUN! Pack your bags, kids! LET'S GO TO PROXIMA B! Hello there soon-to-be Proxima Centurians! Trace here for DNews. A few weeks back we started hearing rumors, really exciting rumors tales of the discovery of a planet… and then we freaked out. Because the rumors are true! Today, astronomers announced our closest neighbor star, Proxima Centauri, has a rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Proxima b! The planet is around 30% more massive than Earth and is mind-blowingly close to its star. It only takes a little over 11 days for the planet to complete a single orbit1 -- it's 95 percent closer to Proxima than we are to our sun.1 It doesn't burn up because Proxima is a...
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We’ve found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO OUR SUN! Pack your bags, kids! LET'S GO TO PROXIMA B! Hello there soon-to-be Proxima Centurians! Trace here for DNews. A few weeks back we started hearing rumors, really exciting rumors tales of the discovery of a planet… and then we freaked out. Because the rumors are true! Today, astronomers announced our closest neighbor star, Proxima Centauri, has a rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Proxima b! The planet is around 30% more massive than Earth and is mind-blowingly close to its star. It only takes a little over 11 days for the planet to complete a single orbit1 -- it's 95 percent closer to Proxima than we are to our sun.1 It doesn't burn up because Proxima is a...
