A NEW planet has been discovered in our closest planetary system.
It’s only 25% the mass of Earth and likely isn’t habitable.
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The new planet is the third planet that’s been found in its planetary system.
It could indicate that there’s many more planets to be found in that region and we could be looking at a system similar to our Solar System.
The planet orbits a star called Proxima Centauri.
That’s the closest star to our Sun.
It’s four light years away which isn’t that far as exoplanets go.
João Faria, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, said: “The discovery shows that our closest stellar neighbour seems to be packed with interesting new worlds, within reach of further study and future exploration.”
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