Born Nov. 10, 1861, in Scotland, Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes would reshape our understanding of our cosmic neighborhood when he discovered our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, in 1912. Innes suspected that Alpha Centauri, a binary system made up of Alpha Centauri A (Rigil Kentaurus) and Alpha Centauri B (Toliman) and then thought to beContinue reading "Nov. 10, 1861: The birth of Robert Innes" The post Nov. 10, 1861: The birth of Robert Innes appeared…
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