Astronomers have discovered what could be an indication of a previously undiscovered extrasolar world.
The mission would involve traveling 4.3 light years at around ten per cent of the speed of light.
Stephen Hawking is hoping to send a space probe to a potentially habitable world around Alpha Centauri.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile will soon be seeking out habitable worlds around Alpha Centauri.
There could be two potentially habitable planets in a binary star system just 4.3 light years away.
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized world in orbit around the next nearest star system to our own.