Laser sail propulsion is an idea that won't go away. By aiming powerful Earth-based lasers at tiny spacecraft with light sails, tiny spacecraft can be accelerated to near-relativistic speeds without ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed to visit it and ...

What if we discovered life on Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, nestled in the habitable zone of the Alpha Centauri system? This science and space documentary explores the cosmos ...

The curious minds at What If speculate on whether Proxima b could be humanity’s first contact with alien life. Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache Scientists ...

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 ...

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 ...