Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest ...

News that a NASA scientist has announced fresh progress on Proxima b has pushed our nearest known exoplanet neighbor back into the spotlight, sharpening long-running questions about whether this rocky ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from Cornell University are taking a closer look at Proxima-b to determine if it might harbor life. They believe that it very well may, and the proof they cite is Earth. Share on Facebook ...

Researchers found that a tidally locked planet like our nearest neighbor Proxima b could produce significant lightning storms, but that these storms were far different from those on Earth. When you ...