The search for interstellar visitors has taken an unexpected turn. While previous discoveries like ‘Oumuamua and Comet ...

Sure, they’re particles and rocks, but they’re still a fascinatingly long way from home. Alpha Centauri is the star system ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...

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

New research suggests that our Solar System may already be swimming in interstellar objects that originate from the Alpha ...

New paper points to the Alpha Centauri triple star system as likely potential source of millions of interstellar asteroids and comets.

Over a million interstellar objects larger than 100 meters could be in the outer solar system, originating from Alpha ...

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 ...

Though it appears as a single bright speck in the sky, Alpha Centauri is actually a triple star system, with several suspected exoplanets, including a super-Earth called Proxima Centauri b ...