There’s a tantalizing sign of a habitable-zone planet in Alpha Centauri
If confirmed, it could mean a life-supporting planet resides is just a stone’s throw away from Earth, orbiting a sun-like star.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.A stones throw lols, would you like to do the maths on that?! 4.37 light years from the sun 
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Regular spacecraft would take more than 30,000 years to traverse the 4.37 light-years (25 trillion miles) to Alpha Centauri.
Source: I asked the internet.
That is a l-o-n-g stone’s throw. How many generations of Homo s. would live their eintire lives on a one-way trip?
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