R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this ...

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Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the same real-life star that was home to the fictional moon Pandora in James ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A planet that scientists called a “hot Jupiter” is causing trouble for its solar neighbor. Labeled HIP 67522 b by scientists, this planet is 415 light-years from Earth. It is one of ...

As a planet that's over 1,300 times larger than the Earth, Jupiter was dubbed King of the Planets for a reason. Recurring extraordinary phenomena in its atmosphere are also testimonies that it is ...

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NASA officials dismissed theories that the interstellar 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spaceship while dropping new photos of the ...

Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this star's system is home to ...