Humans are looking to colonize the rest of the universe in Netflix’s reimagining of the 1960s sci-fi TV show “Lost in Space.” Of course, it doesn’t go very well — hence the name of the show. When ...

Last year, Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner hatched an ambitious plan to send a tiny probe to the Alpha Centauri star system. Travelling at 20 percent the speed of light, the ...

It's been over two decades since the greatest year for PC gaming: 1999. Perhaps it was the fear of imminent annihilation from the Y2K bug, but never before or since have so many groundbreaking, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg helm the board for a new initiative, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Earlier this month, New Scientist reported that NASA has plans in ...

As our nearest interstellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri has long offered sci-fi lovers an exotic locale for epic adventures. It’s a place where galactic battles are fought, alien civilizations thrive and ...

Alpha Centauri, one of the two "Pointer Stars" that help stargazers find the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere, may have a planet in orbit around it. If it does, the Webb Telescope will find ...

Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the same real-life star that was home to the fictional moon Pandora in James ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially designated 227 stars, including Alpha Centauri, with their traditional or historical names. Alpha Centauri's official designation has been ...

Project Blue contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Alpha Centauri is having a moment: Our mysterious neighboring star system has been seeing a surge of scientific ...

Humans are looking to colonize the rest of the universe in Netflix’s reimagining of the 1960s sci-fi TV show “Lost in Space.” Of course, it doesn’t go very well — hence the name of the show. When ...