ESOcast 91 Light - VLT to Search for Planets Around Alpha Centauri - HD

2017-01-18 4

ESO has signed an agreement with the Breakthrough Initiatives to adapt the Very Large Telescope instrumentation in Chile to conduct a search for planets in the nearby star system Alpha Centauri. Such planets could be the targets for an eventual launch of miniature space probes by the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative.

Credit/Courtesy: ESO