Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, and Venus.

Researchers suggest Alpha Centauri may be the origin of millions of interstellar objects now in our solar system, some possibly even reaching Earth, though harmlessly, highlighting the interconnected ...

Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to Earth, and that makes it a prime target for study as well as potential interstellar missions in the future. Scientists believe they’ve spotted a ...

Our nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, is moving towards us at a slow and steady pace. In about 3,000 years, the triple star system will be at its closest point to Earth, but new research ...

More information: Cole R. Gregg et al, A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2502.03224 ...

One such vehicle is Vvolt's newest generation, Centauri II, an e-bike tuned to be the perfect urban rager. Oh, and just so we're on the same page here, this puppy was born through the feedback of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lasers could be used to propel tiny spacecraft toward Alpha Centauri, scientists suggest ...

Meanwhile, Alpha Centauri A and B lie 4.37 light years away and are Sun-like stars in a tight binary orbit around one another. Scientists have already detected two planets orbiting Proxima Centauri.

Article citations More>> Sheminova, V.A. and Gadun, A.S. (1998) Fourier Analysis of Fe I Lines in the Spectra of the Sun, α Centauri A, Procyon, Arcturus, and Canopus. Kinematika Fiz. Nebesnykh Tel, ...