Alpha centauri

Our closest stellar neighbors are the 3 stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system. They lie just over 4 light-years - about 25 trillion miles or 38 trillion km - away.

Dear friends, Today’s post introduces star family of the Alpha Centauri system (part of the constellation Centaurus, including the stars Alpha Centauri, Beta Centauri, and Proxima Centauri). …

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Our closest stellar neighbors are the 3 stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system. They lie just over 4 light-years - about 25 trillion miles or 38 trillion km - away.

Welcome to Alpha Centauri. You'll find a lot of astronomy and nature, along with science of almost any kind and whatever else makes me smile. No promises. Enjoy!

Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, α Canis Majoris (Alpha Canis Majoris), or Canicula, is the brightest star in the night sky. It lies at a distance of 8.60 light years (2.64 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog.

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This infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the Lambda Centauri nebula, a star-forming cloud in our Milky Way galaxy, also known as the Running Chicken nebula.

Near the Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Exploring the stars closest to our home planet.