A planet similar to Earth was discovered nearby the solar system
Scientists based on their calculations on mass and density of this new planet estimate that its surface is rocky like Earth. Astronomers say they have identified a planet near the Solar System that is roughly the size of Earth and orbits around the Proxima Centauri Star. An important point that scientists had discovered about this planet is this its surface can be rocky like earth, and move in a distance and orientation from its sun (Proxima Centauri) that likely rise the water on it. Proxima is the nearest star to our sun. Proxima is about 40 trillion kilometers away, and by using the modern technologies in the space industry, a spaceship if move now towards from this system, it will arrive few thousand years later. Despite the discovery of a planet similar to Earth at a distance from the nearest solar system is very exciting also it can be a source of new research in astronomy. Guylem Angela the leader of "Pill Red Dot" research team that had discovered this new planet and are published their results in Nature Journal, says: "Although the trip to this planet now is just a science fiction, but we will see that practical possibilities of such this trip in the form of academic projects will be considered and finally one day such this trip will be possible. A few months ago, the adventurous billionaire Yuri Milner said he want to invest $ 100 million on a project that is focused on designing and manufacturing a small ship. A ship to travel between systems that it moves using by laser. In case of design and construction of such this spacecraft, the spacecraft will be capable to move with speed of about 20 percent of light speed (300 thousand kilometers per second). And so our travel to nearby star systems will be reduced to a few hundred years instead of several thousand years. However, as scientists possibility of life or viability of this planet requires a lot of research and what is currently said about the likely of water and life existence on this planet will remain only as speculative and scientific hypotheses.
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