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- proper noun astronomy The brightest star in the southern constellation of
Centaurus .Alpha Centauri is actually abinary star withProxima Centauri as a third component. Alpha Centauri B is less bright thanAlpha Centauri A and is somewhat less bright than oursun .
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Astronomers are looking at Alpha Centauri B to see whether this bright, calm star will reveal Earth-like worlds around it.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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Astronomers are looking at Alpha Centauri B to see whether this bright, calm star will reveal Earth-like worlds around it.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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Astronomers are looking at Alpha Centauri B to see whether this bright, calm star will reveal Earth-like worlds around it.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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Astronomers are looking at Alpha Centauri B to see whether this bright, calm star will reveal Earth-like worlds around it.
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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The results are "encouraging" for the case of Alpha Centauri B, the scientists said.
SPACE.com 2010
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Alpha Centauri is a binary star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, which to the unaided eye, appears as a single star.
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Two teams of astronomers, one from the United States and one from Europe, are in a race to find a planet orbiting our near neighbors Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, twin stars that appear from Earth as a single point of light.
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