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The nearby α Centauri system is among the best known among astronomers and the general public alike. Frequently the setting of various science fiction stories over […]
The year 2017 has certainly been turning out to be a busy one for the discovery of extrasolar planets orbiting nearby stars. This should not be […]
Usually NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is associated with making observations of incredibly dim objects frequently hundreds of millions or even billions of light years away. […]
When hearing claims about the potential habitability of newly discovered exoplanets, the old adage “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is not […]
I still have a clear memory of waiting in anticipation of the premier episode of the now classic sci-fi television show, Lost in Space, which first […]
About two and a half years ago, the web was filled with stories about the announcement of an Earth-size extrasolar planet discovered orbiting our Sun-like next […]
The α Centauri system, which is currently the closest known star system to the Sun (and also known by the ancient name, Rigil Kentaurus), contains three […]
