Renovations to the Very Large Telescope Aim for a Glimpse of a Life Sustaining Planet
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The European Southern Observatory has secured funding to make improvements to its Very Large Telescope (or VLT) with the hope of getting a better look at Proxima B. First spotted last year in the Alpha Centauri system, Proxima B is the closest potentially life sustaining exoplanet we’ve seen so farJan. 10, 2017
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