Want To Visit A Distant Star? Hitch A Ride On A Space Laser

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April 12, 2016

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Stephen Hawking and billionaire Yuri Milner are teaming up to test a way to send space probes 25 trillion miles — all the way to Alpha Centauri. Video provided by Newsy

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