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Just 13 light-years from the solar system, a red dwarf is accelerating away from Earth, taking a planet that could be a giant version of the planet.

According to Space.com, one of the two planets orbiting a red dwarf Kapteyn is about five times the size of the globe and twice as old, within an area that can support life.

Simulation of 2 star Kapteyn rock planets - (Photo: NASA)

This is the closest planet to enter the gap that allows water to exist in liquid form, the premise for life to flourish.

Red dwarfs, named after a Dutch astronomer who discovered it in the 19th century, are the most common type of star in our galaxy.

While the solar surface temperature is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, the surface of Kapteyn fluctuates around about 3,220 degrees Celsius, but it was formed immediately after the universe was born 13.8 billion years ago, meaning dwarfs. This red belongs to the ancient form.

Kapteyn and similar primitive stars lie in the bright ring just outside the central border of the galaxy, and are now leaving Earth at a rate of 245km / sec.

Recently, 20 astronomers from 3 continents combined 10-year long data collection from 3 giant telescopes to find 2 stone planets around Kapteyn, named Kapteyn b in turn and c, currently moving on orbit 48 and 120 days.