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Proxima Centauri b: The Habitability Question

This is a pretty recent and interesting article about our nearest possible Earth-like planet, Proxima Centauri b in the Proxima Centauri star system. Its water composition could be up to 30% (!!!) compared to Earth's 1% of its total mass, so this Proxima Centauri b should definitely have plenty of water deep under its surface as well. However, the problems are the flares emitted from the sun (it's much closer to its sun than we are), which could possibly tear/have torn up any atmosphere which it once had or that it still continues to have. Reply