The search for habitable exoplanets spans far and wide, pushing the limits of what our modern telescopes are capable of. But rest assured that we aren’t ignoring what’s in our own backyard.

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 ...

Following a surreal, unsettling presidential debate, Donald Trump has been described as an ‘alpha male’. But the idea of human alpha males is far from proven We all know what an “alpha male” is. An ...