Scientists Confirm Existence of Closest Habitable Planet to Earth - IGN News

According to a study published in scientific journal Nature, the planet Proxima b -- in orbit around the closest star to our sun -- may be the closest habitable planet to Earth.

The original news story was published at an earlier date. Read more here at IGN.com:

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[Scott-tkgi]

looks like that planet could use some freedom

[muzillkhan]

Why don't they just add jets on mars to push it closer to the sun, allowing for it to be habitable. Scientists have no idea what they're doing SMH

[BoyMonkeyKid]

I read the title "Scientists Confirm Existence of Closest Harambe Planet to Earth"




i need help

[ViperEye]

Alpha/Proxima Centauri have always been a mainstay for many science fiction books out there, sending generation/colony ships to our nearest star.

What a stunning coincidence it just has gotten a bit more realistic now.

[TariqDawn]

I will believe NASA more if they stop it with the CGI work! people don't know that but NASA has one freaking graphical and animation team that could easily beat Hollywood movie! how can we fully trust them when they hire animators like crazy!

[andrewdenneno]

Maybe if we didn't waste so much money on making hoverboards and shitty video games we'd already be their.

[Ballissle]

i was forced to watch an unskippable ad longer than this video

[nerad]

I like how ign randomly posts cool news about astronomy

[SuperModelFlaze]

Don't think Ill be alive by the time a proper colony is established there

[DammitCrispin]

Our Universe is all procedurally generated with no load screen guys.

[AnimeHDFights]

didnt you upload this not to long ago?

[densestlemon]

30 second unskipable ad for a one minute video. Nice.

[TheZBUCKNER]

Explorable in the future? 400 light years away? So if we sent a robot flying at the speed of light to that planet, we'd get there in 400 years... that's the future alright

[lucasarnold]

well very cool and all, but how are we ever going to reach it...

[jimmykerrigan]

thank you for all the reuploads IGN. Really appreciate it.

[Lilith]

why people still use the word sun when talking about stars.

[TheDiagnoser]

proxima b is in a different time era. If it's 4.2 light years away then it's probably just us but in another life and era. Outer galaxies are so far away that distance isn't even a measurement anymore. So that just leaves us with time, meaning the gap in between galaxies isn't distance and therefore is technically not even a gap. It's just like this endless space of time. Basically a time machine. This makes sense since the universe never ends and its inhabitants including humans reincarnate into another life while everything still continues to evolve.

[mryellowstorm]

I just love how the title says confirmed inhabited planet found but then the first words say may have found which is it

[inkubusgaming]

Welp, they either screwed up the definition of "Confirm" or "Habitable", since they've yet to confirm any water of atmosphere.

[crashpal]

"I'm Commander Shepperd and this is my favorite planet in the Galaxy"