Astronomers from ETH Zurich have predicted that an Earth-like planet could exist orbiting the nearest sun-like stars to Earth, called the α Centauri A/B binary. Though they weren’t looking for ...

Centauri A (left) and α Centauri B are stars in the nearest star system to Earth. ESA/Hubble & NASA. The discovery of Proxima d could indicate that there are many more planets to be found in that ...

Show me what you’re made of. If α-Cen-Earth exists, it would likely be geochemically similar to Earth, with a mantle dominated by silicates. But it may have more graphite and diamond, thanks to ...

Based upon a number of technical studies, such as this one, Project Blue believes it can obtain a sufficient resolution to image a planet around one of the α Centauri stars with a telescope 50cm ...

We do not yet know whether the Sun-like stars closest to us, the α Centauri A/B binary, harbour an Earth-like planet. However, thanks to new modelling work, we now have a good sense of what such ...

If Alpha Centauri—the closest star system to us—is home to an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone this is what it looks like. But we've got to find it by 2035.

Arxiv – Deceleration of High-velocity Interstellar Photon Sails into Bound Orbits at α Centauri. Proxima Centauri caused a sensation in August 2016 when astronomers at the European Southern ...

Scientists have imagined what an Earth-like planet orbiting relatively nearby could look like – and will now set out to find it. Researchers are looking for alien life in a variety of ways: the ...

A planet with mass similar to that of the Earth has been found orbiting α Centauri B, our closest interstellar neighbor. It was found by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) 3.6 meter ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to Earth, and that makes it a prime target ...

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

Gregg, a Ph.D. candidate in physics and astronomy, developed a computer model to study our solar system, Alpha Centauri and the interstellar activity—the movement of gas, dust and other space ...