Scientists use the Webb Telescope to explore Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, searching for exoplanets. Discover how ...

Scientists suggest a star and its planet are orbiting a second star in two opposite directions in an exotic binary star ...

Scientists just found four small planets not too far from us, and they might be perfect for future space travelers. These exoplanets are the right size, possibly have the right conditions, and ...

Exoplanets are so far away ... Proxima Centauri is the smallest member of a three-star system called Alpha Centauri. Two large yellow suns orbit each other while the red dwarf star Proxima ...

Coel Hellier has received research council grants for the discovery of exoplanets ... Only the three stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system lie closer to us. The planets newly discovered ...

With the new findings, astronomers now know that there are rocky planets orbiting in the Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star systems, though none in the habitable zone. Two exoplanets have been ...

With the new findings, astronomers now know that there are rocky planets orbiting in the Alpha Centauri and Barnard's star systems, though none in the habitable zone. Two exoplanets have been ...

Therefore, understanding the interstellar material that may have come from Alpha Centauri could provide new insights into how planets form and the search for life on exoplanets. Alpha Centauri ...

It is one of the lowest mass exoplanets ever discovered ... much like the closest star to our solar system, the Alpha Centauri stars (Proxima Centauri, Centauri A and Centauri B).