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28. They mention accelerating the probe to 0.2c in less than 3 days.

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 04:26 PM

Aug 2016

What would such a thing look like from the ground? It would probably blind you just from the scatter.

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Earth-sized planet around nearby star is astronomy dream come true [View all] brooklynite Aug 2016 OP

How near its star is that planet Dale Neiburg Aug 2016 #1

This is from another website PJMcK Aug 2016 #5

Thanks. The other question is how long has the star been a red dwarf? Fast Walker 52 Aug 2016 #16

Pretty much once a red dwarf, always a red dwarf. longship Aug 2016 #31

What about the energy output from its star? Is it powerful enough to have cstanleytech Aug 2016 #20

Hard to know, I suspect PJMcK Aug 2016 #30

Holy @$%@#$@#$. This is awesome. byronius Aug 2016 #2

send those drones! they can scout it within my freaking lifetime Fast Walker 52 Aug 2016 #17

in 100 years, interstellar colonization will be a Thing 0rganism Aug 2016 #3

That's the last thing that the universe needs! Orrex Aug 2016 #6

if the universe has objections, it will have to raise them soon 0rganism Aug 2016 #15

I doubt it! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #19

This is great! Proxima Centauri was more familiar to me as Hortensis Aug 2016 #4

Oh goody! A new place for humans Cirque du So-What Aug 2016 #7

There are literally uncountable worlds out there for us to mess up. Frank Cannon Aug 2016 #21

The laser-propelled probes sound like complete fiction n2doc Aug 2016 #8

Strictly speaking, photons have NO mass VWolf Aug 2016 #12

Not really fiction, but it won't be easy. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #22

We send low power laser beams out of the atmosphere all the time VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #26

They mention accelerating the probe to 0.2c in less than 3 days. n2doc Aug 2016 #28

They talk about tiny probes ... VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #29

IOW, we have a place to go if Trump wins. Yavin4 Aug 2016 #9

So how much is real estate there? Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #10

I want ice cream!... I have to go to the bathroom! Fast Walker 52 Aug 2016 #18

I for one welcome our new Proxima Centuri Overlords RapSoDee Aug 2016 #23

11.2 days? freebrew Aug 2016 #24

DeGrasse will have a wet dream over this sailfla Aug 2016 #27