NASA Telescope Confirms Discovery Of Closest Rocky Exoplanet
Geo Beats
2015-07-31
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has confirmed the discovery of HD 219134b, a rocky exoplanet which is 21 light-years away from Earth.
The scientific potential may be as vast as the surface of a planet recently confirmed discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
HD 219134b is a rocky exoplanet 1.6 times larger than Earth situated just outside our solar system—21 light-years away.
Lars A. Buchhave, co-author of a study on the planet, described the importance of such proximity: "Most of the known planets are hundreds of light-years away. This one is practically a next-door neighbor."
As the closest exoplanet capable of being detected crossing in front of its own star, it’s the perfect can
The scientific potential may be as vast as the surface of a planet recently confirmed discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
HD 219134b is a rocky exoplanet 1.6 times larger than Earth situated just outside our solar system—21 light-years away.
Lars A. Buchhave, co-author of a study on the planet, described the importance of such proximity: "Most of the known planets are hundreds of light-years away. This one is practically a next-door neighbor."
As the closest exoplanet capable of being detected crossing in front of its own star, it’s the perfect can
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