Scientists have taken an exciting step toward sending tiny spacecraft to other stars. A team from Brown University in the U.S ...

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

A new ultra-thin lightsail design could cut interstellar travel time by centuries, say scientists from Brown and TU Delft.

What can Venus-like exoplanets, also known as exoVenuses, teach us about our own solar system and potentially finding life ...

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star system, and we're finding that the Kuiper Belt may be no exception!" ...

We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks," asteroids from the triple star system Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri is the closest star ...

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

A new study led by Western astrophysicists Cole Gregg and Paul Wiegert recommends Alpha Centauri—the next closest solar system to ours—is a great place to start, highlighting how and why it's ...

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 ...