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    BRAIN DUMP

    Sep 03, 2020 3 minutes

    How long would it take to get to the next planetary system?

    Yob Fashipe

    ■ A long time! Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to us, and is made up of three stars: Alpha Centauri A and B and Proxima Centauri. The closest of these three to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, which is confirmed to host at least one exoplanet. Even though it’s the Sun’s closest neighbour, it is still 4.22 light years away – that’s about 39.9 trillion kilometres. With current technology this great distance would take generations to traverse. However, if humans are able to develop light-speed travel in the future, we could reach Proxima

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