This means that despite Alpha Centauri being a mature system, its complex gravitational dynamics still result in the ejection of material that can potentially reach our solar system. The presence ...

Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, is probably shedding comets and asteroids into our solar system — and even producing a few meteors in our sky. Located just 4.3 light-years ...

We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks," asteroids from the triple star system Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri is the closest star ...

Alpha Centauri is also moving towards us ... much as asteroids or comets are currently being ejected from our solar system," the researchers wrote in the study. In fact, the astronomers estimated ...

Think of Alpha Centauri as a wet dog after a long muddy ... and which we don't," Wiegart concluded. "Being able to compare materials from a different star system with those of our own for the ...