Monthly Archives: September 2016

Monthly Archives: September 2016

Earth-like Planet Found Orbiting Nearest Star

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Share this with your friends: Earth-like Planet Found Orbiting Nearest Star You may have heard a couple of weeks ago about the discovery of the closest Earth-like planet we have found. It’s orbiting the nearest star to us after the Sun, Proxima Centauri. The planet has been dubbed Proxima b. It’s just 4.2 light years away, meaning it takes just over four years for light to travel from there to here. That’s quite a ways away, but in astronomy that’s pretty …

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