Proxima Centauri b has a claim no other known exoplanet can match. It orbits the nearest star to the Sun, just over four light-years away, and it sits in the Proxima Centauri b has a claim no other known exoplanet can match. It orbits the nearest star to the Sun, just over four light-years away, and it sits in the kind of orbit where liquid water could exist on a rocky surface. That is the hopeful version... [6687 chars]