There is an interesting article on Quartz.com about the new Earth-like planet called Proxima Centauri b that has been discovered:
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| Imagine a permanet sunset on planet Proxima b. (ESO/M. Kornmesser/Handout via Reuters) |
Since at least the time of the Greek philosophers, humans have speculated about the existence of other worlds. Today we know our night sky is literally teeming with exoplanets—planets that orbit the stars outside our solar system. And it was with great excitement that the world greeted the announcement on Aug. 24 that scientists had detected a planet orbiting not just any star, but the star nearest to our own sun, Proxima Centauri...
