Proxima Centauri, just 4.24 light-years from Earth, is the closest known star to our Sun. Though it’s the smallest member of ...

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star with only a fraction of the mass of the Sun. Because of their small sizes, the nuclear fusion cores of red dwarf stars are much closer to their surfaces.

Astronomers have evidence of a “super-Earth” in the Proxima Centauri star system just 4.2 ... It’s hoped that ESA's Gaia spacecraft—a mission to chart a 3D map of the Milky Way—might be ...

Charged particle, dust, and magnetic field sensors will map the composition of the interstellar void between our sun and Proxima Centauri. The similarly instrumented first stage will make the same ...

Earlier this year, astronomers confirmed there were two Earth-like planets orbiting the cool, faint red dwarf Proxima Centauri—the closest star to our sun at 4.2 light-years away.

Proxima Centauri is smaller and cooler than our sun, and the planet orbits much closer to its star than Mercury. Click on the image for a larger version. (Credit: M. Kornmesser and G. Coleman / ESO) ...

Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters, but it could take another 20 years to find out just how livable it is. Toggle search box Toggle navigation.

Our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, has emitted a stellar flare is 100 times more powerful than any solar flare from our sun. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...

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 ...

A strange signal has been detected coming from a nearby star, Proxima Centauri. Nicknamed the “Wow! 2020 signal,” it was detected as part of the Breakthrough Listen project which works on the ...