Centaurus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Centaurus
From Latin; see origin at centaur
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The researchers then tested a ceramide-lowering drug candidate created by Centaurus Therapeutics, a company co-founded by Summers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025
Runwei Xu and Binyu Wang collaborated to capture this image of The Running Chicken Nebula, IC 2944, which is located in the constellation of Centaurus, 6,000 light years away from the Earth.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted a cloud of debris in the same orbit as an already confirmed planet circling this star, 370 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
It took place at a location more than 8000 light-years away from our Earth in the direction of Alpha Centauri, between the constellations of Circinus and Centaurus.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 21, 2023
Continual improvement, but neither we nor Centaurus can stop designing long enough to stabilize for production.”
From The Variable Man by Dick, Philip K.
Among these are well-known exoplanets such as Proxima Centauri b, TRAPPIST-1f, and Kepler 186f, along with lesser-known candidates like TOI-715 b.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Imagine, he says, wanting to send a single paperclip to our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The closest red dwarf to us is Proxima Centauri.
From Space Scoop ● Nov. 28, 2025
Alpha Centauri encompasses the closest star system to Earth and is more than four light-years away.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
A ray of light from the sun follows the diagonal line, and takes four years to get from the sun to Alpha Centauri.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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