Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth The three-body system in the story is based on a real neighboring star system called Alpha Centauri. At about 4 light-years from Earth, it's the ...

Astrophysicists from Durham University have developed a new model to estimate the likelihood of intelligent life forming in ...

Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, is home to three stars, one of which is so tantalizingly similar to our sun that many experts speculate that its solar system might contain ...

It appears to move because it’s so close to the solar system. Only the three-star Alpha Centauri star system, which is 4.1 light-years distant, is closer. In 2016, astronomers found a planet ...

A best-case-scenario trip to Mars takes around six months with present technology, meanwhile, if you want to visit Alpha Centauri it’s a whole four lightyears away! When it comes to crossing ...

The Breakthrough Starshot program aims to cross the immense distances to the nearest star in just decades. Using a ...

A recent study led by scientists from Durham University explores a fundamental question in cosmology: How does the density of ...

Bring Back The Riff - Ever clamour for the glory days of heavy riffs? When spirits were brave and the stakes were high? When bands were real bands, riffs were real ...