Independent UK
By Andrew Griffin
January 15, 2024
Astronomers have found an Earth-sized planet shockingly close to our own.
The world – known as HD 63433d – is the closest and youngest Earth-sized world ever to be found. Researchers hope that proximity could prove useful: we could get a good look at the world that might be like a young version of our own Earth.
“It’s a useful planet because it may be like an early Earth,” said Melinda Soares-Furtado, one of the co-leaders of the research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.