Proxima b
According to the Math, it’s Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha Centauri
In a new study, a pair of Harvard astrophysicists did the math on whether or not BLC1 is an extraterrestrial…
A Very Interesting Radio Signal was Just Detected Coming from Proxima Centauri
There’s a powerful scene in the movie “Contact” (one of my favs) where lead character Ellie Arroway is sitting among…
If We Used the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Telescope, This is What a Planet at Proxima Centauri Would Look Like
A recent study shows how the Sun could be used as a gravitational lens to take direct images of nearby…
Astronomers Might Have Imaged a Second Planet Around Nearby Proxima Centauri – and it Might Have a Huge Set of Rings
A new study by a team using data from the Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument, may have caught a direct…
What is a Generation Ship?
The concept of a Generation Ship is a time-honored one, but is it the best way to send an interstellar…
Giant Planets Could Form Around Tiny Stars in Just a Few Thousand Years
A new study has shown how gas giants (like Proxima c) can exist around Red Dwarf suns, the most common…
New Instrument is Searching for Planets Around Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to us, at 4.37 light-years (about 25 trillion miles) away. In 2016, astronomers…
The Closest Star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has a Planet in the Habitable Zone. Life Could be There Right Now
A new study by a team from the Carl Sagan institutes shows how life could survive the harsh radiation on…
Super Earth Planet Found Around One of the Closest Stars to us. But it’s Probably a Terrible Place to Live
The Red Dots and CARMENES projects recently announced the discovery of a super-Earth around Barnard's Star, making it the second-closest…
The Closest Planet Ever Discovered Outside the Solar System Could be Habitable With a Dayside Ocean
A new NASA-led study shows that Proxima b could support the existence of an ocean on its dayside, which means…