Since its discovery more than 100 years ago, Proxima Centauri has captivated astronomers around the world. It’s so desperately close to us, yet it would take generations to reach it. It’s not visible to the naked eye, but it’s the closest star to our solar system. At one point, it was the dimmest star known to man, but also the most active. And if the paradoxes of this star weren’t compelling enough, scientists recently discovered an exoplanet that appears to be similar to Earth in its orbit, sparking conversations about interstellar colonization that have included Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Stephen Hawking. What do we know about Proxima Centauri? And what about its newly discovered planets? What kind of flyby missions might the future hold? Come with us on this journey of discovery. Here is the link to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3jK9Rpm... Check out Astrum in different languages: Astrum English: / @astrumspace Astrum Spanish: / @astrumespanol Become a member of this channel and get benefits: / @astrumbrasil PIX: [email protected] Music: 'Ignis' by Scott Buckley Ether Real, AETHER, TORSION and Spring of Deception by Density & Time Marek Poledna ???? Music used: 'Ignis' [Epic Cinematic CC-BY] - Scot Buckley released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au #astrumbrasil #proximacentauri #nasa Credits: Script: Julia Masselos Editor: André Rodrigues Narrator: Dennis Ariel References: Kervella, P., Thévenin, F., & Lovis, C. (2017). Proxima's orbit around α Centauri. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598, L7 https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.03495 F. Feng, HRA Jones, Was Proxima captured by Alpha Centauri A and B?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473: 3, P: 3185–3189 (Jan 2018) https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2576 Are Proxima and Alpha Centauri Gravitationally Bound? Jeremy G. Wertheimer et al. Astron.J. 132 (2006) 1995-1997 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607401 The Far Distant Future of Alpha Centauri, Beech, M. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 64, p. 387-395 (2011) J. Voûte, A 13th Magnitude Star in Centaurus, with the same Parallax as α Centauri, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 77, Issue 9, July 1917, Pages 650–651, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/77.9.650 Rakesh K. Yadav et al 2016 ApJL 833 L28 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...