Proxima Centauri (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Proxima Centauri

Caption

Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star and the nearest-known star to Earth, is orbited by a rocky planet that has the potential to sustain liquid water (artist's depiction).

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NASA, ESA, G. Bacon (STScI)

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