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Giant Flare Around Proxima Centauri May Kill Hope For Planetary System
Scientists have discovered a flare off of the sun’s closest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri. Many are reporting that it could spell trouble for any hope for life on its exoplanet, Proxima b – but it might also kill off a presumed set of other planets around the star.
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Our Nearest Neighbouring Star Might Have Been Stolen From Somewhere Else
Less than five light years away sit three stars orbiting each other. You probably remember that one of them, Proxima Centauri, has a planet orbiting in its habitable zone — which got us really excited about the possibility of life. But what if that star was stolen?
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The Nearest Earth-Like Planet Outside Our Solar System Could Be A Water World
At a distance of 4.2 light years, Proxima b is the closest potentially habitable Earth-like planet outside our solar system. New research suggests that this distant orb could be completely covered in water. So when do we go?
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New Earth-Like Exoplanet Could Be Discovery Of The Century
In what’s being hailed as one of the biggest astronomical discoveries of the century, scientists with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) today confirmed the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri — our nearest neighbouring star. Details of the team’s discovery were just published in Nature.