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SETI InstituteOur recent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SETILive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SETILive</a> wasn't the first time we talked about an exoplanet in the habitable zone around Alpha Centauri. Four years ago, Franck chatted with Dr. Kevin Wagner about his newly published paper in Nature Communications. Watch more: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkpFhjdzWo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkpFhjdzWo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exoplanet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alphacentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alphacentauri</a>

AlcorNewsUne planète disparaît sous nos yeux près d’Alpha du Centaure : phénomène naturel ou mystère cosmique ? <a href="https://vivredemain.fr/2025/08/17/une-planete-sevanouit-sous-nos-yeux-mystere-cosmique-autour-de-letoile-la-plus-proche-experts-abasourdis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vivredemain.fr/2025/08/17/une-planete-sevanouit-sous-nos-yeux-mystere-cosmique-autour-de-letoile-la-plus-proche-experts-abasourdis/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrophysics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

Cosmic Librarian'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like starAlpha Centauri may have a "disappearing planet', new James Webb Space Telescope observations hint. If confirmed, it could be the closest alien planet to Earth that orbits in its star's habitable zone.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planet</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JWST</a><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-most-significant-jwst-finding-to-date-james-webb-spots-then-loses-a-giant-planet-orbiting-in-the-habitable-zone-of-our-closest-sun-like-star" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-most-significant-jwst-finding-to-date-james-webb-spots-then-loses-a-giant-planet-orbiting-in-the-habitable-zone-of-our-closest-sun-like-star</a>

AlcorNewsDes IA malveillantes pourraient-elles nous pousser vers Alpha Centauri ? Un vaisseau de 2 400 passagers, 400 ans de voyage, et des intelligences qui s'échangent des messages inquiétants. <a href="https://lesnews.ca/intelligence-artificielle/actualites-sciences-400-ans-vers-alpha-centauri-et-lia-malveillante-qui-pourrait-nous-y-pousser/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lesnews.ca/intelligence-artificielle/actualites-sciences-400-ans-vers-alpha-centauri-et-lia-malveillante-qui-pourrait-nous-y-pousser/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AerospaceEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AerospaceEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepSpace</a> ```0

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Going to wait for confirmation of Alpha Centauri Ab before I change my own vision of the system but it's still The Capital, the Future History won't be too different. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Worldbuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrosynthesis</a>

AlcorNewsJWST détecte ce qui pourrait être une planète géante — masse de Saturne — autour d’Alpha Centauri A, à seulement 4,4 al de nous. <a href="https://share.google/tf4PM7qnSdqcP21e5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://share.google/tf4PM7qnSdqcP21e5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Espace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Espace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplan%C3%A8te" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanète</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JWST</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Get your filthy Tech Bros hands off Alpha Centauri! I'm watching you...😡 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

Andy<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Planets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discovery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JamesWebb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesWebb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telescope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earth</a> Always interesting, and even though it’s relatively close, it’ll take some very radical technology to get there.New signs found of giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood' <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xezw3dkpo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xezw3dkpo</a>

Soh Kam Yung"If the finding were confirmed to represent a planet—and not instead a clump of dust or some instrumental aberration—it would be a gas giant, akin to a warmer version of our own Saturn. It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a planet’s surface. But the world itself would likely be lifeless, smothered beneath thick layers of gas."<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst-spots-possible-alien-planet-at-alpha-centauri/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst-spots-possible-alien-planet-at-alpha-centauri/</a><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

scinexx - das wissensmagazinHat Alpha Centauri doch einen Planeten? James-Webb-Teleskop entdeckt Wärmepunkt um den nahen Doppelstern. <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomie</a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanet</a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JWST</a> <a href="https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/hat-alpha-centauri-doch-einen-planeten/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/hat-alpha-centauri-doch-einen-planeten/</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mindly.social/@RamenCatholic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@RamenCatholic</a> I too, will accept the judgement of the Unicorn...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Seriously though, we have to get their before the Tech Bros do, they'll just make another dystopia with child brides...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Here is the paper: "Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of α Cen A. II. Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://arxiv.org/html/2508.03812v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/html/2508.03812v1</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Annoyingly, this does mean revising my own fictional Alpha Centauri but for the most brilliant of reasons!I imagine there are LOT of revisions for other worldbuilding projects, Alpha Centauri is a big deal, being the next star system on from ours. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Worldbuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Disturbingly similar set up to the locations in the Avatar movie series, has James Cameron actually been to Alpha Centauri and that's why it takes so long for an Avatar movie? Its location filming!<a href="https://www.iflscience.com/alpha-centauri-a-our-closest-sun-like-star-has-a-very-strong-candidate-planet-80332" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iflscience.com/alpha-centauri-a-our-closest-sun-like-star-has-a-very-strong-candidate-planet-80332</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avatar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesCameron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesCameron</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@badastro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@badastro</a> will there be blue giant humanoids on a moon of that planet? I still can't be bothered to watch the sequel though....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avatar</a>

civfanatics<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc1rrX1Xae8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc1rrX1Xae8</a>Last year when we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/attention-sid-meiers-alpha-centauri-25th-anniversary-celebration-fan-film-series-game-remake-more.688050/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/attention-sid-meiers-alpha-centauri-25th-anniversary-celebration-fan-film-series-game-remake-more.688050/</a> we showed you the first episode of a brilliant new fan shortfilm series by Ratimir Rakuljic titled 'University Base' retelling the story of University faction leader Prokhor Zakharov's journey to Alpha Centauri. Well the day has come that his big Episode 2 titled 'Fractured Unity' is here.. in fact it's so big he's splitting it into 3 parts! We hope folks enjoy it as much as they did Episode 1! :)Join the discussion here <a href="https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/alpha-centauri-university-base-a-25th-anniversary-fan-series.687882/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/alpha-centauri-university-base-a-25th-anniversary-fan-series.687882/</a>

Ignacio PG (N.Parsons-PB48K)Buenos días, seres del cosmos. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TangerineDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TangerineDream</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a>

TECC :archlinux:Still one of the most visionary <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strategy</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> ever made: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Released in 1999, yet its themes - AI ethics, climate change, ideological conflict - feel more relevant than ever. 🪐If you love 4X, deep lore, and tough choices, this <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/classic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classic</a> is a must-play.<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SidMeier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SidMeier</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/4X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4X</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TurnBasedStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurnBasedStrategy</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SciFiGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFiGames</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PCGaming</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GamingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GamingHistory</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a>

nemo™ 🇺🇦Im Sonnensystem wurde Material entdeckt, das aus dem Nachbarsternsystem Alpha Centauri stammen könnte! 🌠 Kein Grund zur Sorge – aber ein faszinierender Hinweis auf interstellaren Austausch. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Weltraum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weltraum</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomie</a> 👉 <a href="https://www.merkur.de/wissen/kein-grund-zur-besorgnis-material-von-alpha-centauri-koennte-sich-im-sonnensystem-befinden-zr-93760281.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merkur.de/wissen/kein-grund-zur-besorgnis-material-von-alpha-centauri-koennte-sich-im-sonnensystem-befinden-zr-93760281.html</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newz</a>

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