Tag: Alpha Centauri

• Alpha Centauri harbors an Earth-mass planet

  Every exoplanet discovery seems to bring us closer to understanding the variety of planetary systems out there in our galaxy. The latest find is particularly exciting: an Earth-mass planet orbiting around Alpha Centauri B, one of three stars in the closest system to the Solar System. The planet isn’t very Earthlike in most respects, but…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 17, 2012

  Galileo’s Pendulum, Writing for Other Sites

  Alpha Centauri, astronomy, exoplanets