Sentences with phrase «closest known exoplanet»
One of the prime targets for observation are nearby Earth - size worlds such as TRAPPIST - 1d, and the closest known exoplanet to Earth, Proxima b, which orbits its star a mere 4.25 light - years away.
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Proxima b, as the world is known, is among the smallest known exoplanets, mass-wise, and it's as close to Earth as one can get.
For an alien world, this gas planet seems almost like kin; it's closer than any other known exoplanet.
Reflecting this our group started with a huge list of questions — close to a hundred of them, everything we wanted to know about exoplanets.