Astronomers are exploring Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, for signs of an Earth-like planet that could support life.

A newly accepted scientific paper involving East Texas A&M University’s Dr. Billy Quarles, an assistant professor of physics ...

Planet could be a gas giant, orbiting 1 to 2 times the distance between Sun and Earth. The Alpha Centauri system, our nearest stellar neighbor, has long captured the imagination of science fiction and ...

Alpha Centauri, part of the three-star system closet to our own, is often posed in science fiction as humanity's first hop ...

With the restraints placed upon them by physics, sci-fi writers have imagined "generational ships" for decades. The idea is pretty simple: creating a ship that will sustain a small society of humans ...