ESPRESSO
Stories related to ESPRESSO (Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations), which is mounted on the ESO's VLT.
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A team of international researchers has confirmed the existence of an Earth-like exoplanet only 4.2 light-years from the Sun. The ESPRESSO spectrograph found Proxima b has a mass of 1.17 Earths and orbits in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri.