A possible breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial life. Around the star that is closest to the earth after our sun, takes a planet where liquid water might flow. If that is true, the Proxima b may well be the best chance of extraterrestrial life until now.
An international group of astronomers has announced the discovery today. The planet is slightly larger than Earth and has about the same composition. The temperature allows liquid water possible and the planet so is in the so-called “habitable zone”.
No seasonal
“He will be an important goal in the hunt for evidence of life elsewhere in the universe, ” the researchers say. The climate will be very different from us and the planet probably has no seasons. Also this planet is exposed to more UV radiation than the Earth.
The planet has been named Proxima b. He spins around the star Proxima Centauri. Which stands at “only” four light years (38 trillion kilometers) from Earth, but can not be seen with the naked eye.
Space Mission
Scientists have for some time to calculate or a mission to the space neighbor is possible. That would leave about twenty years. New technologies could fly a probe rapidly and only need about thirty years to reach the star
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