The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

Alpha Centauri asteroids may be scattered in the Oort Cloud Some interstellar rocks could travel into the inner solar system ...

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 ...

The three-star system, which likely hosts planets, is slowly moving closer to us and will reach its closest point in about 28 ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning view of the bright Alpha Centauri A (on the left) and Alpha Centauri B (on the right). ESA/NASA Our nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri ...

Though it appears as a single bright speck in the sky, Alpha Centauri is actually a triple star system, with several suspected exoplanets, including a super-Earth called Proxima Centauri b ...

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 ...

The Alpha Centauri star system is approaching the sun. Two researchers have determined how many objects from there have already reached us and could reach us. At the edge of the solar system ...

Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, is moving toward us at 79,000 kilometers per hour (49,709 mph). It won’t reach its nearest point for another 27,700 years, but some of its ...