The Aussie searching for life in Alpha Centauri
Australia is leading a new initiative to search for planets that could sustain life from the world\u2019s nearest triple star system, Alpha Centauri.
On this week\u2019s Space Connect Podcast episode, hosts Adam Thorn and Bella Richards chat to the project leader, Professor Peter Tuthill, about what this mission means and whether he believes the team will find what they are looking for by the middle of the decade.
He walks the crew through how the mission came about, how it was a \u201cstab in the dark\u201d and what his hopes are in finding a planet in the unseen.