It's the second closest exoplanet to Earth after Proxima Centauri b, whose discovery was announced in 2016. The planet orbits past a boundary called the "snow line", beyond the traditional ...
In 2016, researchers at Queen Mary discovered an exoplanet, Proxima b, orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. An exoplanet is a planet outside our own solar system. This is the closest such ...
At just 11 light-years away, it's the second closest exoplanet of its kind to Earth. But the closest one, known as Proxima b, looks to be less hospitable for life. Found in 2016, it orbits the ...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) A "baby" exoplanet recently spotted relatively near to Earth is the youngest alien world ever seen, a new study suggests. Researchers say ...