Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth, is one of several potential candidates for hosting aliens within its system. However, a recent incident involving the star has had scientists and experts ...

The nearby star Proxima Centauri has long been considered a potential place to search for extraterrestrial life. The more we learn about the star, the more it looks like living on a planet near the ...

Peering at distant planets is a tricky business for astronomers. There's plenty that they can assume about planets based on what they look like from afar, but it's still largely a guessing game. If a ...

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 ...

Some 4.24 lightyears away is Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun. Since the star was first discovered well over 100 years ago, researchers have discovered at least two exoplanets that orbit ...

Ever since we found an exoplanet around the nearest star from Earth, there's been intense interest in whether it could host life. Today's news points in the opposite direction. Share on Facebook ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Earth regularly endures highly charged belches from our Sun ...

If you look up in the southern sky you can see the “pointer” stars, pointing towards the Southern Cross. One of these pointers is Alpha Centauri, which is actually a pair of Sun-like stars that are ...

What is life like on Proxima b? This planet in the next star system along is, at just four light-years, by far the closest Earth-like planet we know about. The answer could be depressing: there is no ...

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster for scientists studying Proxima b—an Earth-like planet sitting around our solar system's nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri. When astronomers confirmed its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Do planets in other star systems—and specifically those that ...

Andrew Zic received support from an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, and as a Graduate Student with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Andrew is now a Research Plus ...