Two Rare Stellar Alignments Will Give Planet Hunters A Chance At Studying Proxima Centauri
Jun 04, 2013 02:03 PM EDT
Two rare stellar alignments over the next few years will give planet hunters a rare chance at exploring Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun. NASA plans to pull out the big guns, and utilize the Hubble Space Telescope in an effort to locate Earth-sized planets around the relatively close red dwarf star.