{
  "id": 16225854,
  "title": "It Could Take Over 17,000 Years for Humans to Travel to Proxima Centauri, Home to the Closest Known Exoplanet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/it-could-take-over-17-000-years-for-humans-to-travel-to-proxima",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T20:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/it-could-take-over-17-000-years-for-humans-to-travel-to-proxima-centauri-home-to-the-closest-known-exoplanet-49850"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Learn more about interstellar travel and what it would look like to travel to Proxima Centauri.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}