Sure, they’re particles and rocks, but they’re still a fascinatingly long way from home. Alpha Centauri is the star system ...

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

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

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

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

The detection of a large interstellar objects in 2017 named 'Oumuamua was a remarkable discovery. Figuring out where the ...

The Alpha Centauri (AC) star system is our nearest stellar ... the delivery of interstellar material to our solar system." AC likely hosts planets and is moving toward us at a speed of 22 km ...

"Though mature star systems likely eject less material than those in their planet-forming years ... could be transferred from Alpha Centauri to the solar system not only deepens our knowledge ...

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 ...