proxima centauri
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A Trip to Proxima Centauri and Other Far-Out Ideas NASA Is Exploring
NASA, in its relentless pursuit of space innovation, announced on Thursday the selection of 13 new projects for its 2024 Phase I awards under the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. These awards, totaling up to $US175,000 each, are granted to teams proposing advanced and unconventional space technologies. The NIAC program, known for funding groundbreaking concepts,…
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The Most Promising Signal of Alien Intelligence Just Went Bust
A radio transmission that appeared to come from the Proxima Centauri system, home to the nearest star to the Sun, was likely an artefact produced by human technology, according to researchers with the Breakthrough Listen project.
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Bad Space Weather May Make Life Impossible Near Proxima Centauri
If you look up in the southern sky you can see the “pointer” stars, pointing towards the Southern Cross. One of these pointers is Alpha Centauri, which is actually a pair of Sun-like stars that are too close together to tell apart by eye. There is a third member of the Alpha Centauri system as…
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An Elaborate Planetary System May Exist Around Our Nearest Star
New observations show there’s at least one, but possibly three rings of cold dust around our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. That could indicate the presence of more planets, according to new research.