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Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of an Earth-like planet, the
closest possible home for life outside the solar system.
周三，科学家宣布发现一颗距离最近的比邻星，可能是人类在太阳系外生存的行星。
Queen Mary University of London’s Guillem Anglada-Escude, the project
leader and co-authaor of the study published in the journal Nature, said the
discovery raises the possibility of life on the rocky planet orbiting the
nearest star to our sun-Proxima Centauri, the Guardian reported.
据《卫报》报道，伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的吉耶姆，该项目负责人，在《自然》杂志上发表合著报告称，发现一颗环绕比邻星运行、有生命可能的岩石行星。比邻星位于半人马座。
Proxima b, at least 1.3 times the Earth’s mass, orbits its host star every
11 days and has a temperature suitable for liquid water on its surface,
according to the university’s official website.
据校官网所言，“比邻星 b”质量约为地球的1.3倍，环绕比邻星的公转周期的11天，其表面温度适合液体水存在。
"Proxima b would probably be the first exoplanet visited by a probe made by
humans," co-author Julien Morin, an astrophysicist at France’s University of
Montpellier, told AFP.
另一名合著作者法国蒙彼利埃大学的天体物理学家，Julien Morin告诉记者：“‘比邻星 b’可能会成为人类探索的第一颗系外行星。”
The planet orbiting Proxima Centauri is likely to be the focus of future
interstellar voyages, Nature said on Wednesday.
周三《自然》杂志称，这颗环绕比邻星运行的星球很可能是未来星际航空的焦点。
"Chinese scientists have paid close attention to the study since European
scientists decided to reveal the findings half a year ago," said Guo Jingjun,
the director of Tsinghua University’s Geographic Information System, Remote
Sensing, and Global Positioning System research center.
“中国科学家早在半年前欧洲科学家揭示新发现时，就开始密切关注报告。”清华大学地理信息系统、遥感全球定位系统研发中心的主任郭靖君(音译)告诉记者。
However, Guo told the Global Times that the findings are based on some
hypothesis that requires further testing, and Chinese astronomers are committed
to making such contributions.
不过郭说，这些发现是基于假设的，还需要进一步测试验证。中国的天文学家致力于做出这样的贡献。
Last year, the US space agency NASA discovered an exoplanet that it
described as Earth’s "closest-twin."
去年，美国NASA宣布发现一颗系外行星，并称之为地球的“大表哥”。
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