Scientist found new planet like earth which is orbiting nearby star where the life might exist. This planet is rocky like Earth and only slightly bigger orbiting Proxima Centaur which is the nearest star of the solar system. Its found that its in the not too hot, not too cold "Goldilocks Zone" where the liquid water a key to life is possible if the planet has an atmosphere. It is a mere 4.22 light years from earth or 25 trillion miles. The international team of astronomers announced the discovery didn't saw the planet actually but ascertained it's existence indirectly by using telescope to spot and calculate the gravitational pull on star by possible orbiting body. The planet is more or like what we have on earth. They are naming it as Proxima b. It's 4.6 million miles from its dwarf star. This would be likely mean an incredible orange sky with no blue. The planet circle it's star quickly that its year is about 11 days. The planet doesn't rotate so one side is dark and cold and the other side is facing the star always. It's bombarded with the X-ray and ultra violet light but this would not necessarily be fatal to life since the life can exists underground. Moreover 3,000 planets were found outside the space in past 20 years and 40+ of the planets seems to be in habitable zone.
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