New observations by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory indicate the two brightest stars in the triple-star system Alpha Centauri are not pummeling any orbiting exoplanets with large amounts of X-rays.
Alpha Centauri, a three-star system just 4 light-years away that is the sun’s nearest neighbor, ought to be a great place to look for Earth-like planets. But last week, at a meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) here, astronomers lamented the way the system has thwarted discovery efforts so far—and announced new efforts to probe it.
Like, can we even do that?
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has discovered a new object very near Alpha Centauri in the sky.
A proposed project would send soap-size spacecraft to orbit Proxima Centauri, offering enough time to study the star’s intriguing world.
A very rare gravitational lensing event, set to occur in 2028, has been predicted by a team of French astronomers led by Pierre Kervella of the CNRS/Universidad de Chile. It will provide an ideal opportunity to look for evidence of a planet around a nearby star.
Yuri Milner is splashing the cash to send tiny spaceships to other stars
“Earth is a beautiful place, but it might not last forever,”… “Sooner or later we must look to the stars.”
