Sentences with phrase «nearest planet outside our solar system»

Not exact matches

All of which means that Proxima b is far more than the nearest neighboring planet outside our solar system.

This artist's rendition shows one possible appearance for the planet HD 219134b, the nearest rocky exoplanet found to date outside our solar system.

The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be — a discovery that challenges scientists» understanding of the many planets of this type found in solar systems outside our own.

(McGill University) The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be — a discovery that challenges scientists» understanding of the many planets of this type found in solar systems outside our own.

Scientists have discovered a new planet near in size to Earth, and because of its resemblance and close proximity, it's «arguably the most important planet ever found outside the solar system,» the University of Maryland's Drake Deming wrote in a commentary supplementary to a scientific report about the discovery, USA Today reported Wednesday.

The planet, which is about 1.6 times the size of Earth, is also the nearest confirmed rocky planet outside our solar system.