A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...

New research suggests that our Solar System may already be swimming in interstellar objects that originate from the Alpha ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha ...

But could humans or spacecraft ever reach Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our planet? Alpha Centauri is about 4.4 ...

New paper points to the Alpha Centauri triple star system as likely potential source of millions of interstellar asteroids and comets.

New simulations reveal that around 1 million "macroscopic" objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri system, may already reside in the Oort Cloud, far from sight.

A study suggests over 1 million interstellar objects are hiding in the Oort Cloud, possibly from Alpha Centauri.

Breakthrough Starshot focuses on a tiny design with gigantic solar "wings" that would allow them to ride a beam of light to Alpha Centauri. However, for practical purposes, a probe that small will ...

In a case study published in the Planetary Science Journal and spotlighted by Universe Today, the researchers from The University of Western Ontario hypothesize a scenario in which our nearest stellar ...