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An artist’s rendering of Proxima Centauri planetary system. The newly discovered exoplanet Proxima c is on the right. Lorenzo Santinelli

January 15, 2020

How we spotted a potential new planet around the sun’s neighbouring star

Hugh Jones, University of Hertfordshire

We may be able to send microchips to investigate Alpha Centauri c up close.

What could a ‘relativistic camera’ capture on the way to Alpha Centauri? ESA/NASA

July 2, 2018

Observing the universe with a camera traveling near the speed of light

Bing Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

An astronomer suggests an idea to piggyback on the ambitious Breakthrough Starshot project that aims to send nano spacecraft to Alpha Centauri at a major fraction of the speed of light.

Are we soon to visit Alpha Centauri (left)? Skatebiker/ Wikipedia

April 13, 2016

Why sailing to the stars has suddenly become a realistic goal

Monica Grady, The Open University

Building a tiny starship may be doable. The big challenge will be making sure it survives all the hazards in interstellar space.

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to our own sun and appears to be home to at least one planet. EPA/Davide De Martin/ESO

October 18, 2012

Alpha Centauri exoplanet is the closest ever – how was it found?

Rob Wittenmyer, UNSW Sydney

Earlier this week, a Swiss-based team searching for planets outside our solar system (exoplanets) published a paper in Nature announcing the detection of an Earth-mass planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri…

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