What is Alpha Centauri hiding? Searches for Earth-like planets ramp up around our nearest stellar neighbor0

• From Around the Web, Space
• April 11, 2018

Alpha Centauri, a three-star system just 4 light-years away that is the sun’s nearest neighbor, ought to be a great place to look for Earth-like planets. But last week, at a meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) here, astronomers lamented the way the system has thwarted discovery efforts so far—and announced new efforts to probe it.