Its mass is estimated to be comparable to Earth’s — only about 30 percent higher — and it appears to orbit Proxima Centauri at roughly the right distance for liquid water to exist on its ...

The European Southern Observatory just announced the most exciting exoplanet discovery to date: An Earth-sized planet located just 4.25 light-years away in orbit around the star Proxima Centauri.

That is direction in which our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, is located as well as another superbubble. In fact, the scientists believe that there may be an entire network of tunnels ...

Last month’s announcement… Read More University of Washington astronomer Rory Barnes says Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters like himself, but it could ...

The diameter of the Milky Way, is approximately 106,000 light years. The distance from the Sun to Proxima Centauri, our next nearest star, is approximately 4.25 light years. Barnard's Star is a ...

Proxima Centauri. This video gives an overview of the solar system, describing the collection of objects that orbit around the sun, our star. As well as naming the planets and their relative order ...