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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!