Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

The circumstances need to be right, but modeling suggests finding biosignatures in the atmospheres of planets orbiting nearby ...

Barnard’s Star is located just 6 light-years away from us. It is the closest single star to the Sun and the fourth closest ...

The midline, though, might be temperate enough for life. As it happens, there’s a rocky planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf that ...

The study sheds light on Proxima Centauri’s unusually robust magnetic field, which fuels its flaring activity. As its ...

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, after the three interconnected stars of ...