Two exoplanets have been confirmed orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our Sun. One exoplanet, discovered in 2016, is slightly larger than Earth and resides within its star's habitable zone ...

The curious minds at What If land on Proxima Centauri b and explore its alien environment, revealing climate, terrain, and habitability.

An exoplanet couldn't get any closer, and now it looks like there could be a pair just around the cosmic corner. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy ...

Hbar Technologies looks at using Breakthrough Starshot laser acceleration to reach Proxima Centauri and then use antimatter propulsion to decelerate. This would not be a flyby mission where a mission ...

A little over four light-years away is Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to the Sun. And in August 2016, researchers announced they’d found a long-searched-for planet around Proxima Centauri, ...

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 ...