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ESO Joins Hands with Breakthrough Initiatives to Upgrade Telescope in Chile to Look for Planets around Alpha Centauri

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has partnered with Breakthrough Initiative to upgrade its Very Large Telescope (VLT) in northern Chile to better search for planets around the stars of Alpha Centuri, the closest star system to Earth. The triple-star Alpha Centauri system is located about nearly 4 light-years away from Earth, and scientists think it […]