Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially ...

In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun ...

An artist's impression of a flare from Proxima Centauri, modeled after the loops of glowing hot gas seen in the largest solar flares. Exoplanet Proxima b is shown in the foreground. Proxima b orbits ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Imagine stepping outside on a clear day and looking up at the sun. However, that isn't our sun; ...

With the promise of revolutionizing our view of nearby star systems, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is poised to do something no ground-based observatory has done before: detect potential signs ...

Proxima Centauri (Latin , meaning "next to" or "nearest to") is a red dwarf about 4.24 light-years from the Sun, inside the G-cloud, in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1915 by ...

NASA has just unveiled its latest selection of advanced concepts for further exploration, and they’re as wild and intriguing as we’ve come to expect. Reading time 3 minutes NASA, in its relentless ...