Possible 2nd Planet Spotted Around Proxima Centauri
Source: Space.com
Possible 2nd Planet Spotted Around Proxima Centauri
By Mike Wall a day ago Science & Astronomy
Proxima c is just a candidate world for now.
BERKELEY, Calif. — The nearest exoplanet to Earth may have a neighbor.
Astronomers have detected a candidate planet circling the star Proxima Centauri, a dim red dwarf that lies just 4.2 light-years from our solar system. Proxima is already known to host one world, a roughly Earth-size planet called Proxima b.
So, the potential sibling world is Proxima c. But "potential" is the key word.
"It is only a candidate," Mario Damasso, of the University of Turin in Italy, said during a presentation today (April 12) at the Breakthrough Discuss conference here at the University of California, Berkeley, which was also webcast live. "This is very important to underline."
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