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  2. Proxima Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Proxima b orbits within Proxima Centauri's habitable zone—the range where temperatures are right for liquid water to exist on its surface—but, because Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf and a flare star, the planet's habitability is highly uncertain.

  3. Proxima Centauri b - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri b is likely to be tidally locked to the host star, [26] which for a 1:1 orbit would mean that the same side of the planet would always face Proxima Centauri. [25] It is unclear whether habitable conditions can arise under such circumstances [37] as a 1:1 tidal lock would lead to an extreme climate with only part of the planet ...

  4. List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates - Wikipedia

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    Estimates place the probability of finding a habitable planet around Alpha Centauri A or B at roughly 75%. [11] Alpha Centauri is the target of several exoplanet-finding missions, including Breakthrough Starshot and Mission Centaur, the latter of which is chronicled in the 2016 documentary film The Search for Earth Proxima. [12]

  5. Breakthrough Starshot - Wikipedia

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    The Earth-sized planet Proxima Centauri b is within the Alpha Centauri system's habitable zone. Ideally, the Breakthrough Starshot would aim its spacecraft within one astronomical unit (150 million kilometers or 93 million miles) of that world. From this distance, a craft's cameras could capture an image of high enough resolution to resolve ...

  6. A High-Energy Proton Beam Could Finally Connect Us to Proxima ...

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    The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri (PC), is still about 8000 times further away from us than Pluto. Propelling a probe to PC will require a much higher cruising speed than we can ...

  7. List of potentially habitable exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    Kepler-69c has gone through a similar process; though initially estimated to be potentially habitable, [65] it was quickly realized that the planet is more likely to be similar to Venus, [66] and is thus no longer considered habitable. [1] Several other planets, such as Gliese 180 b, also appear to be examples of planets once considered ...

  8. Scientists discover Earth-like planet orbiting star closest ...

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    The planet, dubbed Proxima b because it orbits Proxima Centauri, is thought to be a rocky and slightly more massive than Earth -- but that's not all. Scientists discover Earth-like planet orbiting ...

  9. Small rocky planet detected in orbit about nearby ... - AOL

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    A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km). Two exoplanets have been detected in the Alpha Centauri system, both orbiting the red dwarf Proxima ...