What It Would Take to Reach the Stars
02.02.17 | Cuca Margoux
Anybody who longs to see an alien world up close got an exciting gift last year. In August, researchers reported the discovery of a potentially habitable, Earth-sized planet orbiting the Sun’s closest stellar neighbour—Proxima Centauri, a mere 1.3 parsecs, or 4.22 light years, away.
by Gabriel Popkin, read more in www.scientificamerican.com/article