Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Proxima Centauri b.
Posted in Astronomy at 20:30 on 28 May 2020
From The Daily Galaxy today, 28/5/20.
Proxima Centauri b is of course the nearest star to our own sun. The planet – discovered via an update to the HARPS method of plabnet detection known as ESPRESSO – is 1.17 times the size of Earth and orbits its star in 11.2 Earth Days and would be in the habitable zone if the star didn’t deluge it in X-rays. If the planet has an atmosphere though, those might be absorbed.
Tags: Astronomy, HARPS, Proxima Centauri b, The Daily Galaxy
