Massive Telescope Will Be Upgraded To Study The Nearest Exoplanets To Earth
by The Daily Eye Team January 14 2017, 5:54 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 24 secsOne of the biggest space stories of 2016 was the discovery of the Earth-scale planet Proxima b in orbit around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun. Located only 4.2 light years away, Proxima b is the nearest known exoplanet ever detected. The newly found world was pinpointed by a European Southern Observatory (ESO) team, and sparked a surge of interest about the planet’s finer properties, including its potential to host life.