2016 ⟶ Discovery of Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b

Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b is discovered around Proxima Ce...
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🪐 First Pulsar Planets Observed

Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail observe the first pulsar planets (this was the first confirmed discovery of planets outside the Solar System)⟶
First Pulsar Planets Observed (1992)
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary SciencePulsarAleksander WolszczanDale FrailExtrasolar Planets
USAUSA

🪐 First Exoplanet 51 Pegasi b Discovered

The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.⟶
First Exoplanet 51 Pegasi b Discovered (1995)
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary Science51 Pegasi bMichel MayorDidier QuelozExtrasolar Planets
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🌟 Definitive Observation of First Extrasolar Planet Around a Main Sequence Star

Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz definitively observe the first extrasolar planet around a main sequence star⟶
Definitive Observation of First Extrasolar Planet Around a Main Sequence Star (1995)
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary ScienceMichel MayorDidier QuelozExtrasolar Planets
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🪐 Discovery of Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b

Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b is discovered around Proxima Centauri by the European Southern Observatory, making it the closest known exoplanet to the Solar System as of 2016.⟶
Discovery of Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b (2016)
AstronomyExoplanetsProxima CentauriProxima Centauri bEuropean Southern ObservatoryAstrobiologyPlanetary Science
SwitzerlandSwitzerland