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NASA Selects a Wild Plan to "Swarm" Proxima Centauri With Thousands of Tiny Probes (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to Scott Manley's video on the topic the probes would need to arrive at the correct time in order to form what is effectively a huge phased array antenna.

Only then is the combined transmission power of these tiny probes large enough to be received on earth.