Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood
Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System, and it is likely that particles from it could be making their ...
Interstellar visitors: Material from Alpha Centauri may already be here
Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...
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Alpha Centauri Sending Stream of Objects Into Our Solar System, Scientists Propose
New research suggests that our Solar System may already be swimming in interstellar objects that originate from the Alpha ...
Interstellar Asteroids Could Originate From Alpha Centauri, Says Paper
New paper points to the Alpha Centauri triple star system as likely potential source of millions of interstellar asteroids and comets.
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Alpha Centauri Particles Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Suggests
"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha ...
More than one million objects as large as the Statue of Liberty found in the outer solar system– Should we be concerned?
Some are as big as the Statue of Liberty. But these aren’t asteroids from our own solar system– they may have come from an entirely different star sys ...
Over 1 Million Interstellar Objects Could Be Hidden in Our Solar System
A study suggests over 1 million interstellar objects are hiding in the Oort Cloud, possibly from Alpha Centauri.
Up to 1 million hidden interstellar objects possibly larger than the Statue of Liberty may drift in outer solar system
New research suggests millions of unseen interstellar objects, some as big as the Statue of Liberty, could be trapped in the ...