Are there Earthlike Planets in the Alpha Centauri System?

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On this episode of SpaceBites, Snack-Sized Space Science, Dr. Debra Fischer and PhD student Lily Zhao discuss their analysis of ground-based telescope data on the nearby Alpha Centauri system and its implications for the presence of Earthlike planets in the habitable zones of Alpha Cen A and Alpha Cen B.

To learn more about Debra Fischer and her work: exoplanets.astro.yale.edu/people/dfischer.php

To learn more about The BoldlyGo Institute: boldlygo.org 

To learn more about Project Blue, BoldlyGo's current mission that Dr. Fischer talks about in this video: www.projectblue.org