This month’s OPN cover story looks at the Breakthrough Starshot mission—an ambitious scheme to send laser-driven nanoprobes to exoplanets such as Proxima Centauri in search of conditions for life. Discoveries early this year revealed another promising target for such a mission: A set of Earth-sized planets 40 light years from Earth, with three of them in the so-called habitable zone. This month’s infographic takes a closer look at the optics and telescopes that are poised to learn more about this intriguing system.
