An artist's impression of a flare from Proxima Centauri, modeled after the loops of glowing hot gas seen in the largest solar flares. Exoplanet Proxima b is shown in the foreground. Proxima b orbits ...
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 ...
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Artist’s impression of the newly discovered candidate planet in orbit around Proxima Centauri, with Alpha Centauri A and B in the background. Image: ESO/L. Calçada Proxima Centauri, a tiny star ...