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Exoplanets

Planets around other stars β€” thousands confirmed since 1992.

Proxima Centauri b

A roughly Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of the nearest star, about 4.25 light-years away.

Distance
4.25 ly
Orbital period
11.2 days

Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive

TRAPPIST-1 system

Seven Earth-sized planets around an ultra-cool dwarf 39 light-years away; several sit in the habitable zone.

Distance
~39 ly
Planets
7 (Earth-sized)

Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive