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  • ESO/M. Kornmesser

    Neighboring exoplanet could be one of the most habitable

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    11.16.2017

    A team of astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet that's only 11 light-years away and is one of the most potentially habitable celestial bodies we've ever come across. Ross 128 b is the second-closest temperate planet -- or planets with temperatures that could support life -- that we know of, with the closest being Proxima b that's merely four light-years away.