[Credit: 1-Meter Schmidt Telescope, ESO]
Slightly more than half of Sun-like stars (stars more or less equivalent in size/brightness to the Sun) located in our galaxy are multiple star systems, i.e. two or more stars.
I wish I had a 1-meter scope.
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We should have launched craft that direction years ago.
Ya never know, it might get there.. eventually. :-)
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Alpha Centauri Should Harbor Detectable, Earth-Like Planets
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080307121613.htm
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2008) — A rocky planet similar to Earth may be orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors and could be detected using existing techniques, according to a new study led by astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Why are so many people interested in “life” on other planets? They can’t even handle the lives on this one!
Are the three stars in orbit around a central point? If so, I wonder if the closest might become one of the farther away ones during our lifetime.
Not that I’m going to change any plans or anything.