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Proxima b: if there is water, there is life


It is always more alive, and "excited", the interest of scientists for Proxima b (see), a planet of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun.

Proxima b rotates around its star at a distance compatible with the presence of liquid water on the surface, and this increases the chances that there may also be life. A study conducted by researchers
from Marseille (CN RS / Air Université Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory) investigated with great rigor the possibility that indeed there is liquid water.

VERY SIMILAR TO EARTH. The study suggests for Proxima B two opposite scenarios: could be an "ocean planet", completely covered with water, or a planet with a little water, less than what we have on Earth, but still present.

The study started from the few elements available 

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