At just over four light years distant, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun in the entire Universe. We know it has one planet, called Proxima b, and there's decent evidence of a second, ...

An exoplanet couldn't get any closer, and now it looks like there could be a pair just around the cosmic corner. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy ...

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 ...

Researchers say they have found evidence of what may be another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri—the closest star to our sun, located around 4.2 light-years away. According to a study published in the ...

An artist’s impression of the Proxima Centauri planetary system, with exoplanet Proxima c on the right. Lorenzo Santinelli, CC BY-SA Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a second exoplanet ...

The existence of an Earth-sized exoplanet around the closest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of ...

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Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, might have a second planet in its orbit, according to a new study. Astronomers think the planet, called Proxima c, is a super-Earth that formed far from ...

Our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, may be harboring an extensive solar system, as scientists believe they’ve found a third planet orbiting it. It’s a find that re-emphasizes just how ...

Astronomers have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet ...

Last month, as 2020 drew to a close and we on Earth completed one of our strangest orbits around the sun, news broke that astronomers had picked up a mysterious signal from another star. Astronomers ...