New "Earth-like" planet found close to solar system
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Proxima b may be the closest of the thousands of exoplanets - which are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system - discovered to date, but at 4.2 light years away the prospect of quick visit to find any Proximese aliens is still remote. Based on spacecraft today, a probe launched now would take around 70,000 years to reach the new planet.
They think it could possibly have water and is in the habitable zone so it could possibly have life
Based on spacecraft today, a probe launched now would take around 70,000 years to reach the new planet.
Too bad the aeronautics field stopped making real progress after the end of the Cold Ward, not sure we'll be able to craft spaceships that could take us there before a long time ... Not in our lifetime at least !