Search For Habitable Alpha Centauri Planets Gets Boost with New Instrument

A coronagraph has been installed on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to search for planets around nearby star Alpha Centauri. -- The Search for Habitable Alien Worlds in Earth's Backyard Heats Up:

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The Search for Habitable Alien Worlds in Earth's Backyard Heats Up:

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