Still bigger news is that the planet — named Proxima b – is strikingly similar to Earth ... the planet is that it’s four and two-tenths light years away, which is about 25 trillion miles.

An Earth-sized planet located just 4.25 light-years away in orbit around the star Proxima Centauri. The planet is called "Proxima b" and it will undoubtedly be a leading target for scientists as ...

Researchers have found that the planet — called Proxima b — was likely bathed in radiation ... which is located about 4 light-years from us, is likely more active than our host star.

Proxima Centauri, a star four light-years from the sun ... a way to trace the properties of those particles." Though Proxima b may be nothing more than an irradiated rock, scientists are ...