Amanyathelo okuphumelelaUmbutho okhokelwe yingqondi uStephen Hawking, kunye Uqwalaselo lwaseZantsi lwaseYurophu Ndisandula ukubhengeza ukutyikitywa kwesivumelwano sentsebenziswano apho omabini la maziko aya kuthi adibane, ngokusebenzisa i Iteleskopu enkulu kakhulu, namhlanje ethathwa njengeyona ndawo iphambili ebonakalayo yokujonga ukukhanya kweenkwenkwezi kwihlabathi, ebekwe eChile, iphonononga ngononophelo UAlpha Centauri, inkqubo yeenkwenkwezi ekufutshane eMhlabeni.
Njengoko usazi kakuhle, ayizizo iinzame zokuqala zokuphumelela ukufikelela kwiAlpha Centauri. Kwinkqubo yakhe, eyaqala ukuphuhliswa emva kwe-Epreli yonyaka ophelileyo, wacebisa ukuba kwenziwe ezinye ubungakanani besithuba esincinci Ingathunyelwa kule nkqubo yeenkwenkwezi ukuze iqonde ngcono ukuba iAlfa Centauri yenziwe njani okanye inani leeplanethi ezihlala kulo.
I-European Southern Observatory ijoyina iiNkqubo zoPhulo ekuhloleni kwabo iAlpha Centauri.
Kukweli nqanaba apho iiNkqubo zokuPhumelela kunye ne-European Southern Observatory ziya kuqala ukusebenza kunye ukufezekisa usiqonde ngcono ngakumbi isakhiwo seAlpha Centauri ukuququzelela okanye hayi ukuphuhliswa kwemishini yexesha elizayo ejolise ekufikeleleni kule nkqubo yeenkwenkwezi, umsebenzi ekungasayi kuba lula kuwo konke konke ukusukela, ukufumana inqanawa ukufikelela kule nkqubo, kuyakufuneka ukuphuhlisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, Iinqanawa ezikwazi ukuhamba ngesantya esiphezulu kakhulu. Umzekelo ocacileyo kukuba, ukuba inqanawa inokumiselwa namhlanje, kungathatha malunga neminyaka engama-30 ukufikelela kwiAlpha Centauri.
Ukubuyela kwingcinga edibanisa amaPhulo okuQhekeza kunye ne-European Southern Observatory, njengoko sele kuphawuliwe, iTeleskopu eNkulu kakhulu yaseChile iya kusetyenziswa Uyakwazi ukubona ngcono iiplanethi ezikhoyo kwiAlpha Centauri kuba ukuqaqamba kweenkwenkwezi kuhlala kungashiyi iiplanethi ukubonakala okwaneleyo.