NASA's Hubble Will Use Rare Stellar Alignment to Hunt For Planets

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/jun/HQ_13-163_Hubble_Microlensing.html