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
This is what will slow him down when he’s inside Centaurus.
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
“You know,” I said, “if we were on one of the planets in the Alpha Centauri system, looking toward Earth, we’d see Jesse still alive.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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