By Loren Grush, TheVerge.com, August 24, 2016
Proxima Centauri has an Earth-sized neighbor
Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, has a planet that may have just the right features to support life on its surface. That makes this world the closest possible residence for alien life outside our Solar System — and perhaps the most exciting exoplanet ever found.
The planet, called Proxima b, is at least 1.3 times the size of Earth and is most likely rocky, according to research published today in the journal Nature.
