Quick. What's the closest star after the sun? If you said Alpha Centauri you're one-third correct. Alpha is actually a triple system comprised of Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri A), Toliman (Alpha B) ...

Even though humanity might not have to leave the Earth in your lifetime, we should start preparing early on. Not only could ...

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 ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

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 ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The ALMA Observatory in Chile has detected dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri. These new observations reveal the glow coming from cold dust in a region between one to ...

The rocky planet circling the closest star to the sun got hammered by a superpowerful flare last year, a new study reports. That's a bit of bad news for anyone hoping that the alien world, known as ...

Amazing news! Today, a team of European astronomers announced the discovery of a potentially habitable planet around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star beyond the sun. That planet, called Proxima b, ...