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Only 10 Light-Years Away, there’s a Baby Version of the Solar System

6 May , 2017 by Matt Williams

Located 10.5 light years away, and filled with asteroid belts and a debris disk, the Epsilon Eridani system is basically what our Solar System was like when it was young

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Is Alpha Centauri The Best Place To Look For Aliens?

16 Apr , 2016 by Matt Williams

With all the attention Breakthrough Starshot has been getting some are wondering if Alpha Cantauri is the best place to mount an interstellar mission

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What is the Smallest Star?

4 Dec , 2014 by Fraser Cain

We’ve talked about the biggest stars, but what about the smallest stars? What’s the smallest star you can see with your own eyes, and how small can they get? Space and astronomy is always flaunting its size issues. Biggest star, hugest nebula, prettiest most talented massive galaxy, most infinite universe, and which comet came out […]

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