The universe is vast, and even within a mere 50 light-years of Earth lies a stunning variety of stars that defy imagination. This relatively small region of our cosmic neighborhood hosts over 1,400 ...

Join us on a journey to the Alpha Centauri system,the closest star system to Earth and one of the most promising locations in ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Proxima Centauri is known to host at least one potentially habitable, Earth-sized planet within its habitable zone. Like solar flares on our Sun, Proxima’s flares emit energy across the ...

A French physicist tweeted a photo he claimed to be the largest known image of Proxima Centauri, only to reveal that it was actually a piece of chorizo all along.

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very active M dwarf star. Its flare activity has been well-known to astronomers ...

A new analysis of exoplanet Proxima Centauri b marks a significant leap forward in understanding habitable Earth-like planets.

NASA has just unveiled its latest selection of advanced concepts for further exploration, and they’re as wild and intriguing as we’ve come to expect.

Some of the most notable potentially habitable exoplanets include: Proxima Centauri b This exoplanet orbits the star Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to our sun at approximately 4.24 light ...

Astronomers comparing maps of the universe uncovered the nearest example of a black hole devouring a star ever detected.