There may be a hidden planet orbiting a nearby star

Besides the Sun, the nearest star to Earth is a big flaming orb known as Proxima Centauri. As far as we know, there's at least one planet orbiting the star, which astronomers have named Proxima Centauri b, but a new study suggests that the known exoplanet around the star might not be flying solo.

According to the study, which was published in Science Advances, a planet now known as Proxima Centauri c may also be hanging out around the star. Even more exciting, scientists think that the planet orbits its star at a distance of around one astronomical unit, which is the distance between the Earth and the Sun, suggesting that it may be temperate.

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