{"id":13077,"date":"2016-08-24T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13077"},"modified":"2016-08-23T19:22:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T23:22:59","slug":"eso-earth-scale-planet-found-in-habitable-zone-of-our-nearest-star-proxima-centauri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13077","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Earth scale planet found in habitable zone of our nearest star, Proxima Centauri"},"content":{"rendered":"

This ESO<\/a> (European Southern Observatory) report\u00a0has had\u00a0probably the\u00a0most violated embargo of any ESO news. Great to see the full report finally made available to everyone:<\/p>\n

Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Pale Red Dot campaign reveals Earth-mass world in orbit around Proxima Centauri<\/em><\/p>\n

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This artist\u2019s impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star every 11 days and has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface. This rocky world is a little more massive than the Earth and is the closest exoplanet to us \u2014 and it may also be the closest possible abode for life outside the Solar System. A paper describing this milestone finding will be published in the journal Nature on 25 August 2016.<\/p>\n