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First Planet Discovered in Alpha Centauri System
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/10/17 07:22 CDT | 12 comments
European astronomers have made the first planetary discovery in the closest-to-Earth Alpha Centauri star system. Here is some information about the discovery, and insights from Yale Astronomer Debra Fischer, who leads another Alpha Centauri planet search partially supported by The Planetary Society.
Planets around Alpha Centauri?
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/04/24 12:03 CDT | 2 comments
Do planets circle our closest stellar neighbors, the system loved by science fiction: Alpha Centauri? We don’t know. But, Debra Fischer, Julien Spronck, and their colleagues at Yale University, in part with Planetary Society support, are trying to find out.
FINDS: One Step Closer to Faraway Earths
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2011/04/01 12:00 CDT
FINDS Exo-Earths Starts Up: Testing the Prototype
Posted by Debra Fischer on 2009/10/30 12:00 CDT | 2 comments
The prototype that Julien constructed in the lab was taken to Lick Observatory, and we had our first-light run with the fiber in July.
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