<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b" id="mwAeQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Proxima Centauri b">Proxima Centauri b</a>, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory" id="mwAeU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Southern Observatory">European Southern Observatory</a>.<sup about="#mwt137" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-26"}}' id="cite_ref-26" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_24#cite_note-26" id="mwAeY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 26;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAec">[26]</span></a></sup>
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