The exoplanet next door

Published on Aug 24, 2016 nature video

"Astronomers have discovered evidence of a small, rocky planet orbiting our nearest star – and it may even be a bit like Earth. Nobody knows whether the planet, called Proxima b, could ever sustain life. The little planet orbits our sun’s nearest neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, making it the closest exoplanet ever found.

Read the paper here: http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.10...

24th August 2016"