This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Alpha Centauri B. Computer illustration showing the planet (upper right) orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B (centre). Alpha Centauri B is a member of the Alpha Centauri triple star system. Here, the Sun is visible at lower left. The tiny signal of this planet was found with the HARPS spectrograph on the telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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