A giant planet the size of Saturn orbiting a sun-like star has potentially been identified in our nearest neighbouring stellar system, Alpha Centauri. At just four light years from Earth, Alpha ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of more than two dozen researchers ...

The nearest star beyond our Sun is Proxima Centauri, and while it sounds close in astronomical terms, the journey there would be anything but short. Depending on the technology used, travel times ...