Proxima b

Artist’s impression of the planet Ross 128 b

Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered Around Nearby Star Is Potentially Habitable

Sandhya Ramesh 16/11/2017

The star-planet system is zipping towards Earth. In about...

Credit: ISRO

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Vasudevan Mukunth 19/09/2016

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Guillem Anglada-Escudé. Credit: Ita Mehrotra

An Interview With the Discoverer of Proxima b, the Exoplanet Next Door

Mayank Chhaya 16/09/2016

Guillem Anglada-Escudé, an astronomer at Queen Mary University of...

This artist’s impression shows the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image between the planet and Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface. Caption and credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Scientists Believe a Potentially Habitable World Orbits Sun’s Closest Star

Sandhya Ramesh 24/08/2016

Proxima b's existence hasn't been confirmed yet – but...