Every "closest EXOPLANET to Earth" from 1995-2024 | RECORD BREAKERS

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AD - Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access this month only. | The hunt for exoplanets, planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy the Milky Way, has been going for almost 30 years and yet in that time only 5 exoplanets have ever held the title of the “closest known exoplanet to Earth”. Because let’s face it, yes finding planets is cool, but finding the ones closest to us that who knows, one day we might be able to communicate with if there’s life on those planets, or maybe even visit if we ever crack the problem faster than light speed travel, those are the ones that capture everyone’s attention. And the fun thing is, since 2016, we’ve officially found the closest exoplanet to Earth that’s in orbit around a star. There won’t be another to hold the title. So in this video we’re going to dive into the timeline all the way from the first exoplanet discovered in 1995 of 51 Pegasi b, to the closest exoplanet to Earth in 2016, Proxima Centauri b. Mayor & Queloz (1995; 51 Pegasi b discovery) - https://www.nature.com/articles/Art1 Butler & Marcy (1996; 47 Ursae Majoris b discovery) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/310102/pdf Marcy et al. (1998; Gilese 876b discovery) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/311623/pdf Delfosse et al. (1998; Gilese 876b discovery) - https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1998A&A...338L..67D Hatzes et al. (2000

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