A poco más de cuatro años luz de distancia, Próxima Centauri es una estrella enana M muy activa. Su actividad de erupciones es bien conocida por los astrónomos que utilizan longitudes de onda ...

A poco más de cuatro años luz de distancia, Próxima Centauri es una estrella enana M muy activa. Su actividad de erupciones es bien conocida por los astrónomos que utilizan longitudes de onda ...

Alpha Centauri is a star system with components 4.2 to 4.4 light-years from Earth and comprises three stars. It is the closest star system to the solar system, and one of its stars is the nearest ...

La agencia espacial norteamericana acaba de lanzar desde Australia (el 26 de junio, el 4 de julio y el 6 de julio) tres cohetes sonda con una misión muy especial: averiguar si los planetas que ...

Lasers could be used to propel tiny spacecraft toward Alpha Centauri, scientists suggest. | Credit: Artist's impression by Michel Lamontagne, courtesy of Space Initiatives Inc. Our space ...

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 ...

Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, is probably shedding comets and asteroids into our solar system — and even producing a few meteors in our sky. Located just 4.3 light-years ...

Alpha Centauri A is just 4.4 light years away, and astronomers have studied it thoroughly over the years — but if there’s a planet orbiting the nearby star, no telescope on Earth or in space ...

Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System, and it is likely that particles from it could be making their way over to or already be in our stellar neighborhood. To know what to ...

But could humans or spacecraft ever reach Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our planet? Alpha Centauri is about 4.4 light-years (roughly 25 trillion miles, or 40 trillion kilometers ...