When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Imagine stepping outside on a clear day and looking up at the sun. However, that isn't our sun; ...

Proxima Centauri b sits just 4.2 light-years away — and it’s one of the most Earth-like planets ever discovered. It orbits ...

The crew of the fictional Ark One had limited options when they climbed aboard their life raft to another world. You’ll take any port in a storm, and the port that’s closest is often the best. That’s ...

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 ...

In SYFY’s ongoing deep space adventure The Ark (airing every Wednesday on SYFY, then streaming the next day on Peacock), a crew of astronauts board the last life boat off of Earth and embark upon a ...

The nearest known exoplanet to Earth, a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, experiences some pretty nasty space weather from its parent star. But previous work on the space weather of Proxima relied on ...

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 ...

In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun ...

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 ...

Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

Quick. What's the closest star after the sun? If you said Alpha Centauri you're one-third correct. Alpha is actually a triple system comprised of Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri A), Toliman (Alpha B) ...