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

We once had such high hopes for Proxima b. We thought that the Earth-like planet might be covered in a single, giant ocean; that it might be habitable; that it might even currently host life. But a ...

A study has suggested it might be possible to detect aurorae on Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, which might tell us about the planet’s potential habitability. The rest of this article is ...

A planet orbiting our closest neighboring star "may well" have a climate right for alien life to emerge, a new scientific model indicates. Scientists discovered Proxima b, located 4.2 billion light ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of the exoplanet Proxima b, a planet just 4.2 light-years from Earth. Given how close it is to its star, Proxima Centauri, it could have liquid water, and ...

In 2016, when scientists confirmed the discovery of Proxima b, a potentially habitable, Earth-sized planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, it was cause for astrobiological celebration. Proxima ...

The closest planet to Earth outside of our solar system might not be a place you'd want to visit. Researchers have found that the planet — called Proxima b — was likely bathed in radiation after its ...

The chances of finding life beyond our solar system faced a dramatic new calculation as of March 24, 2017, thanks to a gigantic outburst from one of the stars nearest to us. According to a new paper ...

Every discovery of something bizarre happening in outer space brings with it a whole new world of possibilities — quite literally. In fact, science has found another world — or something world-like, ...

The entire surface of Proxima b — the possibly Earth-like planet orbiting the closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri — may be covered in a liquid ocean, according to a new study. While there is ...