The closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri, was recently found to have a planet in its habitable zone. Proxima Centauri is a main sequence star with spectral type m. It would habitable zone differs from the habitable zone of our sun Compared to our own, it would be far closer to Proxima Centauri.
<h3>What is the Proxima Centauri? </h3>
Small, low-mass Proxima Centauri is a star in the southernconstellation of Centaurus, 4.2465 light-years from the Sun.
Its Latin name translates to "star closest to Centaurus."
It is the known star that is closest to the Sun and was found in 1915 by Robert Innes.
<h3>Is the planet Proxima Centauri one?</h3>
Super-Earth-sized exoplanet Proxima Centauri b revolves around a M-type star.
It has a mass of 1.27 Earths, orbits its star in 11.2 days, and is 0.0485 AU away from it. In 2016, news of its finding was released.
