"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha ...

star system is our nearest stellar neighbor and consists of three stars: Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, which are in a binary relationship, and Proxima Centauri, a dim red dwarf.

while another star, a dim red dwarf, acts as the proverbial third wheel. And with all those big personalities involved and clashing gravitational egos, it's likely that Alpha Centauri boots out a ...

Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System, and it is likely that particles from it could be making their way over to or already be in our stellar neighborhood. To know what to ...

Interstellar asteroids visiting our solar system from parts unknown used to be the stuff of science fiction. But today, we know of at least two such bodies Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov respectively ...

The detection of a large interstellar objects in 2017 named 'Oumuamua was a remarkable discovery. Figuring out where the wayward traveler came from, though, is another challenge entirely. Picture ...

The Alpha Centauri system is made up of a pair of sun-like binary stars being circled by the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, which is in turn orbited by at least one exoplanet. (Image credit ...

The Alpha Centauri star system is approaching the sun. Two researchers have determined how many objects from there have already reached us and could reach us. At the edge of the solar system ...

Lalande 21185 is one of the brightest red dwarfs close to Earth — though, like others of its kind, it’s still too dim to see with the naked eye. At 8 light-years away, it can be found in the southern ...