A rare opportunity for planet hunting in Alpha Centauri A predicted for 20280
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 27, 2016
A very rare gravitational lensing event, set to occur in 2028, has been predicted by a team of French astronomers led by Pierre Kervella of the CNRS/Universidad de Chile. It will provide an ideal opportunity to look for evidence of a planet around a nearby star.