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Close Neighbors
Featured on January 31, 2019
An artist's concept shows Epsilon Eridani b, a Jupiter-like planet orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani. The system is just 10.5 light-years away, and is the nearest star visible to the unaided eye with a known exoplanet. Several known planets are closer, but their stars are too faint to see without a telescope. Epsilon Eridani b is so far from its star, though, that it is quite cold, so it's not considered a good home for life. [NASA/ESA/G. Bacon]
