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The exoplanet next door
- Published_at:2016-08-24
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:nature video
- tags: Space Nature Physics Astrophysics Doppler Shift Astronomy Star Stellar Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri planet exoplanet new planet closest planet nearest planet Proxima b orbit ESO Escude neighbour science discovered
- description: *NOTE* This video contains an error. At 0:54 an animation representing the radial velocity method for finding exoplanets is incorrect. Here is a link to a correct representation https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/videos/eso1035g/ Astronomers have discovered evidence of a small, rocky planet orbiting our nearest star – and it may even be a bit like Earth. Nobody knows whether the planet, called Proxima b, could ever sustain life. The little planet orbits our sun’s nearest neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, making it the closest exoplanet ever found. Read the paper here: http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature19106 24th August 2016
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