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Alpha Centauri A, B and C closest star of Solar System
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to the Solar System at a distance of 4.37 light years and consists of 3 stars namely Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B and Alpha Centauri C.
Astronomers are conducting a search for planets in the nearby star system Alpha Centauri as these planets can be the targets for a prospective launch of miniature space probe by the Breakthrough Starshot initiative.
Proxima Centauri is closest of Alpha Centauri's three stars
The Alpha Centauri is an attractive place to seek planets especially since ESO’s 2016 discovery of a planet for Proxima Centauri.
Proxima Centauri is the closest of the Alpha Centauri’s three stars.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced a new agreement with Breakthrough Initiatives and this will allow an instrument upgrade and purchase telescope time to gain more information about planets in the Alpha Centauri which the star system next door.