Potentially Earth-like planet discovered

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The star closest to the sun hosts a planet that may be very much like Earth, a new study reports.

Astronomers have discovered a roughly Earth-size alien world around Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.2 light-years from our own solar system. What’s even more exciting, study team members said, is that the planet, known as Proxima b, circles in the star’s “habitable zone” — the range of distances at which liquid water could be stable on a world’s surface.

“We hope these findings inspire future generations to keep looking beyond the stars,” lead author Guillem Anglada-Escude, a physics and astronomy lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, said in a statement.“The search for life on Proxima b comes next.”
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a potentially Earth-like world orbiting Proxima Centauri - the closest star to our own sun. This historic find marks the closest alien planet - and potentially habitable to boot - ever found.
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Courtesy: http://www.space.com/33834-discovery-of-planet-proxima-b.html

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I thought they discover these “things” everyday? even potentially habitable moons

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Now NASA needs to develop better means of propulsion…

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Wow that planet is close.

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If wishes were horses NASA scientists would teleport themselves to that Proxima B planet.

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I think nasa at times make these things up

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4.2 light years !! hii ni ka kukula na macho tu isorait nwy isokay

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For what end result?