Humans are looking to colonize the rest of the universe in Netflix’s reimagining of the 1960s sci-fi TV show “Lost in Space.” Of course, it doesn’t go very well — hence the name of the show. When ...

The appearance of the interstellar objects (ISOs) 'Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come from? Unfortunately, they ...

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks ...

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 ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg helm the board for a new initiative, ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how much could already be here. Reading time 2 minutes Our nearest stellar ...

Alpha Centauri, one of the two "Pointer Stars" that help stargazers find the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere, may have a planet in orbit around it. If it does, the Webb Telescope will find ...

As our nearest interstellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri has long offered sci-fi lovers an exotic locale for epic adventures. It’s a place where galactic battles are fought, alien civilizations thrive and ...

Project Blue contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Alpha Centauri is having a moment: Our mysterious neighboring star system has been seeing a surge of scientific ...