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 ...

The Alpha Centauri star system, located just four light-years from Earth, might host a giant planet in its habitable zone.

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 ...

Alpha Centauri, part of the three-star system closet to our own, is often posed in science fiction as humanity's first hop ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in ...