Planet Proxima B May be Habitable

The planet orbiting the nearest star to Earth may be habitable, according to NASA. The rocky Proxima b, which orbits Proxima Centauri, appears to be in the so-called Goldilocks zone, meaning the planet could have liquid water on its surface. A team of researchers from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory goes even further, saying the planet could be an “ocean planet with an ocean covering its entire surface.” The dimensions and properties of the planet “favor its...

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