Proxima Centauri b

[PortalHunter]

So this is a recent find, apparently. Quite exciting for exoplanetary research. A habitable zone exoplanet super close to Sol. Sounds nice so far.

Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b

Here's the journal, published today:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v53...19106.html

Space.com:
http://www.space.com/33834-discovery-of-...spc_514630

It has a minimum mass of 1.27 M⊕. The radius is at least about 1.1 R⊕, assuming a rocky composition and a density equal to that of the Earth.

Looks like we might have a chance to make a colonized Gaian terrestrial planet there.