A video description of the recent study of what Proxima b *might* be like. As the narrator takes great pains to point out, we know almost nothing of the planet beyond crude orbital elements and a rough guesstimate as to size. Atmosphere, ocean (if any), rotation… nada. What the study does is define a range of possibilities of what the place *might* be like given various initial assumptions. And some of those result in a pretty interesting place. And even though the majority of the end result worlds are certainly not like Proxima b, chances are good they resemble some *other* worlds elsewhere in the galaxy. Given that we’re finding planets pretty much everywhere we look, and just how common red dwarfs are, chances are good that these ice worlds with “lobster” oceans may be common.
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