Though it appears as a single bright speck in the sky, Alpha Centauri is actually a triple star system, with several suspected exoplanets, including a super-Earth called Proxima Centauri b ...

Consisting of three stars—Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri—this system is moving toward us at high speeds. According to recent research, material from Alpha Centauri is ...

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. The scientists behind the new ...

Researchers estimate over a million interstellar objects from Alpha Centauri may already be lurking in the icy shell surrounding our solar system. Stars don’t hoard their material—Gregg and ...

A new study led by Western astrophysicists Cole Gregg and Paul Wiegert recommends Alpha Centauri—the next closest solar system to ours—is a great place to start, highlighting how and why it's ...