Can Humanity Start Life on Alpha Centauri's Habitable-Zone Planet? #shorts

Alpha Centauri is the third-brightest star in our night sky – a famous southern star – and the nearest star system to our sun. Through a small telescope, the single star we see as Alpha Centauri resolves into a double star. This pair is just 4.37 light-years away from us. In orbit around them is Proxima Centauri, too faint to be visible to the unaided eye. At a distance of 4.2 light years, Proxima is the closest-known star to our solar system and many speculate it can be habitable. But, even if this exoplanet turned out to be habitable, a flight there would take 5000 years, along with many other cons! #AlphaCentauri #Proxima #SolarSystem