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… Continue reading A planet orbits around the closest star to our Solar System — and it may be habitable