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The distances between stars are vast, which is why star travel is so far. But now, a new solar sail may be able to travel to Alpha Centauri in 20 years.

Take a half-hour the next clear night to see one of the season's grandest sights.

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." -Winston Churchill And yet, when you look out, you can't help but wonder how far away these points of light in the sky are.

I just returned from two weeks in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands exploring, camping and learning the southern stars. Let me take you there.

I just returned from two weeks in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands exploring, camping and learning the southern stars. Let me take you there.

I just returned from two weeks in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands exploring, camping and learning the southern stars. Let me take you there.

I just returned from two weeks in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands exploring, camping and learning the southern stars. Let me take you there.

I just returned from two weeks in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands exploring, camping and learning the southern stars. Let me take you there.

Astronomers have found a giant exoplanet orbiting a pair of massive stars in a nearby binary system, and it's a record breaker: These are most massive stars ever found to have a planet. It turns out that's important, because it helps us understand how planets form… except for the small issue that it's not at all clear how this one did.

Greetings everyone! We still have those three planets in our southwestern sky, and they still form a line.