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Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...

Alpha centauri is the closest star system to our solar system. It contains multiple stars and at least one planet in a habitable zone. Scientists believe it could help answer big questions about life ...

The galaxy’s most common stars may be missing a key ingredient for life: Long-lived moons. The discovery could reshape how scientists search for truly Earth-like worlds elsewhere in the universe. The ...

Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, born in 1861, discovered Proxima Centauri in 1912, initially suspecting it as a third member of the Alpha Centauri system. At the time of this hypothesis, Alpha Centauri A ...

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Scientists have discovered extraordinary "interstellar tunnels" that create direct pathways from our solar system to distant stellar regions, fundamentally changing our understanding of the space ...

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A new interstellar concept called Chrysalis sketches a 36 mile long rotating habitat designed to carry 2,400 people on a one way, 400 year trip. The destination is Alpha Centauri, about 25 trillion ...

Could Alpha Centauri be a mirror of our own solar system? We dive into the secrets of this star system, reveal what scientists have learned so far, and discuss what it might mean for future space ...