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The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri (PC), is still about 8000 times further away from us than Pluto. Propelling a probe to PC will require a much higher cruising speed than we can currently ...
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Humanity’s century-long journey to a new world

Follow the first decades of Aurora Prime, a fusion-powered spacecraft carrying 1,800 humans on a 100-year voyage to Proxima ...
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known planet outside our solar system. Reaching it would take around 100 years. This video ...
Alpha Centauri, one of the two "Pointer Stars" that help stargazers find the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere, may have a planet in orbit around it. If it does, the Webb Telescope will find ...
In April last year, billionaire Yuri Milner announced the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative. He plans to invest 100 million US dollars in the development of an ultra-light light sail that can be ...