Consequently, the search for exoplanets in our neighborhood has intensified recently.

But in what might turn out to be the most thrilling discovery to date, astronomers have recently revealed that they have found an Earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri.

This recently found exoplanet meets what seems like an impossible triple whammy: it is Earth-like, it orbits within the habitable zone of its solar, and it is within our reach. But is this too good to be true?