16-01-2020 16:30 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Potential Super-Earth Found Orbiting The Nearest Star From Our Sun

(CNN) — In 2016, astronomers found a potentially habitable planet called Proxima b around the star Proxima Centauri, which is only 4.2 light-years from Earth. Now, researchers have traced a second signal they believe belongs to a super-Earth orbiting the same star, increasing the intrigue of this neighboring planetary system and its potential.
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our sun. It’s a low-mass red dwarf star known as an M-class dwarf. The star is in a triple star system
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