Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet

 

Image courtecy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

Joel Kontinen

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet sitting just a cool, red dwarf star 40 light years away from our solar system, making it the closest potentially habitable world to us yet.

“One of the planets the planets, which orbits the star Gliese 12 in the constellation Pisces, was first spotted by astronomers using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a NASA space telescope.”

But Gliese 12b is probably not suited for life.

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Chen Ly 2024 Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet | New Scientist 25 May