A potentially habitable planet has been found near a star close to the Sun.

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable planet near a red dwarf 37 light-years away. It is four times heavier than our planet, that is, it belongs to the class of super-Earths. The red dwarf is called Ross 508 and is located in the constellation Serpens. The star is five times smaller than the Sun. Her planet Ross 508 b makes a full annual revolution in 10.8 Earth days. Its orbit is 20 times closer to the dwarf than Earth's is to the Sun.