NASA's Hubble Will Use Rare Stellar Alignment to Hunt for Planets
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri. The opportunities will occur in October 2014 and February 2016 when Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our Sun, passes in front of two other stars.