Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

Using ALMA, astronomers discovered that Proxima Centauri produces frequent, high-energy millimeter-wavelength flares that ...

A spacecraft traveling at one-tenth of the speed of light could shave the trip down to a quick 40 years. Future engineers could use nuclear power to achieve that, says Scott Bailey, an engineer at ...

The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

The study sheds light on Proxima Centauri’s unusually robust magnetic field, which fuels its flaring activity. As its ...

The circumstances need to be right, but modeling suggests finding biosignatures in the atmospheres of planets orbiting nearby ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...

Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...