At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, after the three interconnected stars of ...

rovers to Mars and spacecraft to the outer reaches of the solar system. But could humans or spacecraft ever reach Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our planet? Alpha Centauri is about 4.4 ...

the first interstellar object ever known to visit our solar system. | Credit: M. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory Alpha Centauri is home to three stars, including the closest star to Earth ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

While the Proxima Centauri system is the closest to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away, it comprises three stars circling one another, making Barnard’s Star the nearest ...

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us ... could force us to reevaluate our understanding of how planets form and evolve.

While the Proxima Centauri system is the closest to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away, it comprises three stars circling one another, making Barnard’s Star the nearest ...

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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 ...