The European Southern Observatory is possible later this month to announce the discovery of a hitherto unknown sister planet of Earth. The celestial body would revolve around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system standing. It reports the German magazine Der Spiegel
The still unnamed planet would be in the viable zone around the star, and there was liquid water -. A key condition for the existence of life – can be.
The exoplanet is located at a distance of only 4.24 light years. Astronomers have never found a sister planet of the Earth was so close.
Spokesman Richard Hook ESO told the news agency to have taken AFP aware of the article but he declined to comment.
on condition of anonymity told an astrophysicist at Der Spiegel that it was very difficult to find the planet, against the technical limits on.
Kepler 542b
About a year ago, the US space agency NASA announced the discovery of another sister planet Earth, which is located at 1400 light years. The diameter of Kepler 542b is sixty percent greater than that of the Earth. There is a very good chance that it is a rock planet, with a dense atmosphere and large amounts of water.
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