This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a third planet around the closest star to the sun, reinforcing the idea that planets are common around the stars of the galaxy, even some of its smallest. And while ...

The planet has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface. — -- Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized, potentially habitable planet orbiting our closest stellar neighbor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Of all the stars in the Universe, the closest one to our own Solar ...

The European Extremely Large Telescope is one of the yet-to-be-built observatories that could target the nearest exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b, for direct imaging.. (Credit: ESO) GUADALAJARA, Mexico – ...

An artist’s conception shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b, with the red dwarf Proxima Centauri near the horizon. (Credi:t: M. Kornmesser / ESO) University of Washington astronomer ...

After decades of uncertainty, it seems that astronomers may have found the strongest evidence yet that Proxima Centauri is indeed "gravitationally bound" to Alpha Centauri. This is interesting for ...

The closest star to us, Proxima Centauri, and the planet that orbits it, Proxima b, are just 4.2 light-years away. The cool and faint red dwarf star is part of the Alpha Centauri system along with two ...

In case you weren’t on Earth on Wednesday, here’s what you missed: Astronomers found a planet as close by as a planet could possibly be---in the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. The planet, called ...

Is it aliens? There have been a lot of stories online about the recent detection of a mysterious radio signal from space that appears to have come from the direction of Proxima Centauri—the closest ...

“March 24, 2017, was no ordinary day for Proxima Cen,” sounds like the beginning of a 1950s sci-fi novel, but it's actually a description from an astronomer with the Carnegie Institution for Science, ...