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 ...
Unveiling the Cosmic Highway: Alpha Centauri’s Particles Making Their Way to Our Solar System The concept of a “cosmic highway” is not new, but this study marks a significant step in ...
But could humans or spacecraft ever reach Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our planet? Alpha Centauri is about 4.4 ...
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 ...
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 ...