Is this the most Earth-like planet ever found? Alien exoplanet just a 'stone's throw' from Earth and even has similar seasons
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Researchers have revealed a newfound alien planet might be able to support life - and say it is just 16 light years away.

Called Gliese 832c, it is a 'super-Earth' at least five times as massive as our planet.

The researchers say it might be the closest in terms of conditions ever found - and may even have Earth-like temperatures, albeit with large seasonal shifts.
An international team of astronomers says the exoplanet is in the star Gliese 832's 'habitable zone,' the just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist on a world's surface.

Gliese 832c orbits its host star every 36 days.

However, the host star is a red dwarf that's much dimmer and cooler than our sun, so Gliese 832c receives about as much stellar energy as Earth does, despite orbiting much closer to its parent, researchers said.

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