If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...

Take a tour of Chrysalis, a massive, cylindrical spacecraft designed for the Project Hyperion Design Competition.

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

Before departure, the first inhabitants would train in Antarctica for decades to adapt to isolation. The 58-kilometre-long vessel would rotate to maintain gravity.

With the mysterious object 3I/Atlas hurtling towards Earth, fears of an alien invasion resurface, reigniting the extraordinary tales of Betty and Barney Hill, who believed they were abducted by aliens ...

Engineers have conceptualized Chrysalis, a rotating spacecraft designed for interstellar travel to Alpha Centauri. This ...