Closest Star system Alpha Centauri is getting closer by the year!

A Hubble Space Telescope image of Proxima Centauri,
the closest star to Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Remember that planet discovered near Alpha Centauri almost exactly a year ago? As you may remember, it’s the closest system to Earth, making some people speculate about how quickly we could get a spacecraft in that general direction. Four light years is close in galactic terms, but it’s a little far away for the technology we have now — unless we wanted to wait a few tens thousands of years for the journey to complete.

Elizabeth Howell @ Universe Today has a great post on this. Check it out!     

http://www.universetoday.com/#ixzz2j6emfDrJ


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