https://www.cnet.com/news/the-weather-looks-fine-on-this-nearby-earth-like-planet-ross-128-b-exoplanet/ > Conditions on the nearest Earth-like planet beyond our solar system might not be too friendly to life, but new research indicates that the situation on the next closest exoplanet may be much more hospitable.  > While the nearest star beyond our sun, Proxima Centauri, appears to blast its only known planet with nasty sterilizing flares, Ross 128 is just seven light years more distant and orbited by a rocky planet, Ross 128 b,  with a much more favorable forecast.