Unveiling the Cosmic Highway: Alpha Centauri’s Particles Making Their Way to Our Solar System The concept of a “cosmic highway” is not new, but this study marks a significant step in ...

A new study led by Western astrophysicists Cole Gregg and Paul Wiegert recommends Alpha Centauri—the next closest solar system to ours—is a great place to start, highlighting how and why it's ...

We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks," asteroids from the triple star system Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri is the closest star ...

Only the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system, about 4 light-years away, are closer. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km). The researchers ...