Proxima Centauri The Closest Star To Earth Confirmed To Be A Planet
Proxima Centauri, a star 4.2 light years away from Earth, has a mass of only 12 percent of the Sun. An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has confirmed the existence of the planet Proxima Centauri b around Proxima Centauri with their latest work. The planet, which was observed with the help of a spectrograph called ESPRESSO installed in Very Large Telescope in Chile, was first discovered by the European Southern Observatory in August 2016....