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September 07, 2016

Proxima b Could Be a Life-Friendly Planet, Says One of the Co-Discoverers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2016
When in late August this year, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) broke the news, announcing the discovery of Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to us, it fueled hopes of finding an Earth-like planet that could support life. Now, Mikko Tuomi of the University of Hertfordshire, UK, confirms that the newly found alien world could be one of the best currently known extrasolar places to search for microbial organisms. Proxima b, located some four light years away, has a mass similar to Earth's, onl ... read more

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