The closest star, Proxima Centauri, also hosts an exoplanet that scientists believe could have the conditions necessary for ...

we’re going to need to look outside the solar system in our search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Proxima Centauri, a tiny red star just 4.2 light-years from Earth, would seem like a fine ...

The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri (PC), is still about 8000 times further away from us than Pluto. Propelling a ...

Scientists studying data from the Alpha Centauri star system on Wednesday announced ... be thinking about moving to this new planet (called Proxima c) anytime soon, thanks to the fact that the ...

Because Breakthrough Starshot’s payload is so small, reaching Proxima Centauri—the nearest star to us in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system—would be little more than an engineering ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Just six light-years from the solar system — in cosmic terms, our ...

which is investing $100 million to explore the feasibility of actually going to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, which includes the rocky planet Proxima b. Appreciating the magnitude of ...

Clear evidence of a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System, has been found by an international team of scientists led by astronomers at Queen Mary. Using facilities ...