A spacecraft named Chrysalis could one day carry 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. This ...

If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...

Take a tour of Chrysalis, a massive, cylindrical spacecraft designed for the Project Hyperion Design Competition.

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

Before departure, the first inhabitants would train in Antarctica for decades to adapt to isolation. The 58-kilometre-long vessel would rotate to maintain gravity.