Alpha Centauri doesn't play much of a role in the series at large, but it does illustrate another use for the star system. As a recognizable point on the infinite map of the universe, pinpointing ...

The ESO’s Very Large Telescope looms in the foreground of this image, and a star map has been superimposed ... habitable planets around the Alpha Centauri star system. The survey will take ...

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 ...

Alpha Centauri is also moving towards us, and in some 28,000 years from now, it'll reach its closest point at a distance of a little over three light years away, raising the odds of an ...

Alpha Centauri is a star system with components 4.2 to 4.4 light-years from Earth and comprises three stars. It is the closest star system to the solar system, and one of its stars is the nearest ...

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth, and it happens to house Sun-like stars. Sitting only 4 light years away, or 25 trillion miles (40 trillion kilometers), ...

But could humans or spacecraft ever reach Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our planet? Alpha Centauri is about 4.4 light-years (roughly 25 trillion miles, or 40 trillion kilometers ...

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to our own, lying around 4.3 light-years away. New research has indicated that, if Alpha Centauri ejects as much material as the solar system, then as ...

The Starfield Alpha Centauri star system consists of four planets and eight moons. The planets are all named after real-life astronauts like Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.

The Alpha Centauri system is located some 4 light years away from Earth, which places it right in our backyard, cosmically speaking, even though it still lies roughly 25 trillion miles away from us.

"I think that we will reach the Alpha Centauri system, with small probes launching in the decade of the 2040s, and thus arriving in the 2060s," Eubanks said. ... Site Map; Follow us on.