GJ 1132b: Nearest Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered So Far May Be a ‘Venus Twin’

Artist’s conception of GJ 1132b, an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. Conditions on this world, however, are probably more like Venus than Earth. Image Credit: Dana Berry

Astronomers have discovered another Earth-sized exoplanet which is the closest one found so far to our own Solar System – but it might not be a [...]