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 ...

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

Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits ...

08:39, Wed, Aug 26, 2020 Updated: 08:44, Wed, Aug 26, 2020 NASA astronomers searching for signs of life in the Universe are on the hunt for potentially habitable exoplanets. These are alien worlds ...

Planets like Proxima Centauri b experience tides hundreds of times stronger than ones that move Earth’s oceans twice a day. The force of those tides also tugs on the planet’s atmosphere, but a recent ...

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Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...

Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

Four centuries from launch, a vast spacecraft could deliver thousands of people to a world orbiting the nearest star. The concept, called Chrysalis, is designed for one purpose — to take humanity to ...

An artist’s conception of the planet Proxima Centauri b orbiting the star Proxima Centauri (Creative Commons) A study detailing the habitability of a nearby exoplanet appears to have caught the ...