The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

Before departure, the first inhabitants would train in Antarctica for decades to adapt to isolation. The 58-kilometre-long vessel would rotate to maintain gravity.

Engineers have conceptualized Chrysalis, a rotating spacecraft designed for interstellar travel to Alpha Centauri. This ...

Could the closest Sun-like star to Earth hide moon-shrouded oceans under their ice shells? Scientists using NASA’s James Webb ...

Astronomers are exploring Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, for signs of an Earth-like planet that could support life.

A newly accepted scientific paper involving East Texas A&M University’s Dr. Billy Quarles, an assistant professor of physics ...

Planet could be a gas giant, orbiting 1 to 2 times the distance between Sun and Earth. The Alpha Centauri system, our nearest stellar neighbor, has long captured the imagination of science fiction and ...

With the restraints placed upon them by physics, sci-fi writers have imagined "generational ships" for decades. The idea is pretty simple: creating a ship that will sustain a small society of humans ...

Engineers have unveiled plans for Chrysalis, a massive 36-mile spacecraft designed to transport up to 2,400 passengers on a journey to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to our own.The ...