Project Blue will only be able to look at one star system -- but this time that's a good thing. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a ...

A team of astronomers on Thursday provided the strongest evidence yet that a planet circles one of Alpha Centauri’s sunlike stars. The world is at the very edge of the region around the star where ...

Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars. But for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well be blips of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth. It's located just four light ...

There might be a huge planet lurking near one of the closest stars to Earth. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged a possible planet near Alpha Centauri A, a sun-like star that forms ...

A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the astronomy world. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have detected ...

Astronomers around the world were thrilled in 2016 when the ESO announced the discovery of an exoplanet around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth. Now the VLT has gotten an upgrade that will ...

NASA's very productive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found compelling evidence for a new planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest stellar neighbor. This potential gas giant, ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. This artist's impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that ...

This artist's concept shows what the gas giant planet that orbits the star Alpha Centauri A could look like. (R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) | NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a ...