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The hunt for liveable planets around Alpha Centauri, the star next door – Sydney Morning Herald

Researchers plan to use a custom-built telescope to detect Earth-like planets in orbit around the closest star system our own,…

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Although Alpha Centauri is practically next door in interstellar terms – just 4.37 light-years away – astronomers can not simply point a traditional telescope at it to look for planets because the brightness of the binary system means they would be almost…

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