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

A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the ...

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

Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system ...

A team of engineers has come up with designs of a 36-mile-long spacecraft, dubbed Chrysalis, designed to take up to 2,400 ...

Have you ever heard of Alpha Centauri? It's the star system closest to our own, and engineers now think they could make a ...

Alpha Centauri planet candidate discovered by JWST orbiting a Sun-like star. Learn about this potential gas giant in our ...

It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted a gas giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A.

While the planet itself is unlikely to support life, its moons could be promising candidates for habitability.

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and one that has been mentioned in sci-fi films and TV shows many times. A ...

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 ...