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
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
The company that Summers co-founded in 2016, Centaurus Therapeutics, has crafted a molecule that inhibits DES1, the enzyme that catalyzes the final step in ceramide synthesis.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2023
He will align himself with Proxima Centaurus, gaining speed rapidly.
From The Variable Man by Dick, Philip K.
The closest star, Proxima Centauri, is marked at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to reflect its true distance.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Imagine, he says, wanting to send a single paperclip to our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Of the two, findings show that only for Proxima Centauri b would the machines be able to detect carbon dioxide if it were present.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
By the way, that’s not me saying that I think the final answer is aliens visiting from Alpha Centauri.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
The solar neighborhood, the immediate environs of the Sun in space, includes the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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