Earth sized object orbiting closest star

An earth-sized planet has been found orbiting Alpha Centauri, the star nearest to the earth at over four light years away, but which would still take ...

October 17, 2012 / 16:50 IST

An earth-sized planet has been found orbiting Alpha Centauri, the star nearest to the earth at over four light years away, but which would still take us 40,000 years to reach with current technology.Click here for full story

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first published: Oct 17, 2012 04:42 pm

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