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A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri

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A small planet of at least 1.3 Earth masses is orbiting Proxima Centauri with a period of about 11.2 days, with the potential for liquid water on its surface. At a distance of 1.295 parsecs1, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C, GL 551, HIP 70890 or simply Proxima) is the Sun’s closest stellar neighbour and one of the best-studied low-mass stars. It has an effective temperature of only around 3,050 kelvin, a luminosity of 0.15 per cent …

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A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri

A small planet of at least 1.3 Earth masses is orbiting Proxima Centauri with a period of about 11.2 days, with the potential for liquid water on its surface. At a distance of 1.295 parsecs1, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C, GL 551, HIP 70890 or simply Proxima) is the Sun’s closest stellar neighbour and one of the best-studied low-mass stars. It has an effective temperature of only around 3,050 kelvin, a luminosity of 0.15 per cent …

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The chances of the exoplanet closest to the Earth be habitable just collapsed – Pledge Times

New observations of the Alma Telescope, specialized in capturing radio waves, confirm that the proxima Centauri star emits flares at extreme frequency and power. The expelled material manages to impact and affect its exoplanets, including the only one with habitable potential. Proxima Centauri is the star closest to the sun, at a relatively small distance of 4.2 light years. As far as the instruments can confirm, it has two exoplanets orbiting a…

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Four Small Planets Discovered Around One Of The Closest Stars To Earth – An Expert Explains What We Know - Stuff South Africa

Barnard’s Star is a small, dim star, of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star. Teams in America and Europe achieved this challenging detection by exploiting precision instruments on the world’s largest telescopes. Dimi…

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