This isn't the first time the idea of visiting Alpha Centauri at that speed and on that ... with a probe that might be able to spot alien life. We already know there's at least one planet in ...

"The Interstellar Song Contest" includes a coy nod to an often-forgotten species from deep in Doctor Who's storied canon, but ...

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The star system closest to our own sun hosts a planet with roughly Earth's mass and may harbor other alien worlds as well, a new study reports. Astronomers detected the alien planet around the ...

The NEAR instrument has been hunting for planets in the Alpha Centauri system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The hunt for ...

"If it made all sentient beings happy, then we should go." Though he just learned of the existence of Alpha Centauri’s and its alien planet, college student Pedro Navarro said he would still go ...

What exactly makes Alpha Centauri so special? What do we already know about it, and what makes us think there might be extraterrestrials or habitable worlds lurking around that neck of the woods?

One million alien visitors from another star system ... gray rocks," asteroids from the triple star system Alpha Centauri. The scientists behind the new finding suggest that the amount of material ...

"If it made all sentient beings happy, then we should go." Though he just learned of the existence of Alpha Centauri’s and its alien planet, college student Pedro Navarro said he would still go ...