The European Southern Observatory would disclose the discovery end of this month of a new exoplanet that can be a sister of ours. That will inform the German magazine Der Spiegel Saturday. The celestial body would revolve around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system standing.
The still unnamed planet would be in the viable zone around the star, and there was liquid water (an important condition for the existence of life) can be.
Being at a distance of only 4, 24 light-years standing, astronomers have never found one at hand as “sister” of the Earth. When asked by AFP said spokesman Richard Hook ESO aware of the article have been taken but would not comment.
On condition of anonymity, an astrophysicist told the magazine that it is very difficult the planet was found, contrary to the technical limits. About a year ago, the US space agency NASA announced the discovery of a sister planet to us, but 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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