Tag: European Southern Observatory

  • Now Humanity Feels the Tug of Proxima b, Too

    Now Humanity Feels the Tug of Proxima b, Too

    It’s good to be skeptical, but it’s also nice to see rumors confirmed by real and exciting  announcements: the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced today the detection of an exoplanet orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri. At a minimum mass 1.3 times that of the Earth’s, Proxima b might be a rocky world. With an orbit of 11.2…