Even though humanity might not have to leave the Earth in your lifetime, we should start preparing early on. Not only could ...

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 ...

Proxima Centauri B, an exoplanet 4.25 light-years away, may be tidally locked and exposed to extreme stellar radiation.

In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

The rocky planet circling the closest star to the sun got hammered by a superpowerful flare last year, a new study reports. That's a bit of bad news for anyone hoping that the alien world, known as ...

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The crew of The Ark (streaming now on Peacock) abandoned a dying Earth in pursuit of humanity’s new home on Proxima centauri b. That world does have one thing going for it, it’s nearby, orbiting the ...

An artist’s conception of the planet Proxima Centauri b orbiting the star Proxima Centauri (Creative Commons) A study detailing the habitability of a nearby exoplanet appears to have caught the ...

Ever since we found an exoplanet around the nearest star from Earth, there's been intense interest in whether it could host life. Today's news points in the opposite direction. Share on Facebook ...