A new telescope may finally find a livable planet around nearby Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri could have some habitable planets around it.

Does Alpha Centauri have habitable zone planets? Webb could settle the debate

Astronomers are betting valuable observing time on the search for a world in the star's habitable zone.

The Man Who Could Make Interstellar Travel to Alpha Centauri Possible

Greg Matloff has spent most of his life trying to go interstellar, and he's closer than ever.

World's Tiniest Spacecraft Reaches Low-Earth Orbit, Takes First Step To Alpha Centauri

The first iteration for a probe which might one day find alien life. 

Space Robots Will Work for Decades in Alpha Centauri Before Humans

Another Telescope Will Hunt for Aliens in Alpha Centauri

Private Telescope to Look for Alien Planets at Alpha Centauri

These 'Chipsats' Could Help Us Find Aliens on Alpha Centauri

The early prototypes for the Breakthrough Starshot initiative are going out into space on a test run in July.

Why Alpha Centauri? Breakthrough Starshot and NASA Search for Alien Life Nearby

NASA's Eduardo Bendek says research on the solar system next door is critical, but risky.

Will Breakthrough Starshot Find These 9 Famous Aliens from Alpha Centauri?

Breakthrough Starshot has plans to head to Alpha Centauri, the star system of fictional aliens.

Breakthrough Starshot Announces Plan to Send Nanocrafts to Alpha Centauri in 20 Years

This is the Silicon Valley approach to space flight.